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Storm archive

The sea of PerpeNaval replays the real storm record of 1980 to 2024 (IBTrACS, NOAA) on the game clock. These are the years it holds, as the game reads them.

Storms per year

1980: 79 storms, 24 of category 3 or more19801981: 89 storms, 16 of category 3 or more1982: 83 storms, 22 of category 3 or more1983: 78 storms, 21 of category 3 or more1984: 96 storms, 20 of category 3 or more1985: 96 storms, 24 of category 3 or more19851986: 86 storms, 16 of category 3 or more1987: 82 storms, 18 of category 3 or more1988: 78 storms, 19 of category 3 or more1989: 92 storms, 25 of category 3 or more1990: 90 storms, 21 of category 3 or more19901991: 79 storms, 25 of category 3 or more1992: 101 storms, 32 of category 3 or more1993: 80 storms, 25 of category 3 or more1994: 92 storms, 30 of category 3 or more1995: 76 storms, 24 of category 3 or more19951996: 96 storms, 27 of category 3 or more1997: 94 storms, 28 of category 3 or more1998: 87 storms, 21 of category 3 or more1999: 69 storms, 21 of category 3 or more2000: 87 storms, 21 of category 3 or more20002001: 85 storms, 23 of category 3 or more2002: 79 storms, 27 of category 3 or more2003: 83 storms, 25 of category 3 or more2004: 82 storms, 32 of category 3 or more2005: 101 storms, 27 of category 3 or more20052006: 77 storms, 27 of category 3 or more2007: 82 storms, 22 of category 3 or more2008: 88 storms, 24 of category 3 or more2009: 83 storms, 21 of category 3 or more2010: 70 storms, 19 of category 3 or more20102011: 76 storms, 21 of category 3 or more2012: 85 storms, 24 of category 3 or more2013: 90 storms, 22 of category 3 or more2014: 76 storms, 26 of category 3 or more2015: 93 storms, 40 of category 3 or more20152016: 83 storms, 25 of category 3 or more2017: 85 storms, 19 of category 3 or more2018: 102 storms, 33 of category 3 or more2019: 94 storms, 35 of category 3 or more2020: 99 storms, 23 of category 3 or more20202021: 92 storms, 16 of category 3 or more2022: 88 storms, 17 of category 3 or more2023: 78 storms, 30 of category 3 or more2024: 78 storms, 21 of category 3 or moregold: every storm · red: category 3 or more

3,859 storms in all. A game day passes in 25 real minutes, so the whole record plays in about 280 real days and then begins again. See Storms for how they affect a voyage.

Year by year

YearStormsCat 3+Cat 5Busiest oceanThe year's strongest
198079242West Pacific (21)165 kt · North Atlantic · 1980-08-07 · 21.8°N 86.4°W
198189161West Pacific (28)150 kt · West Pacific · 1981-09-28 · 16.6°N 135.4°E
198283222West Pacific (25)140 kt · West Pacific · 1982-07-29 · 21.3°N 143.7°E
198378213East Pacific (22)150 kt · West Pacific · 1983-09-23 · 18.6°N 133.5°E
198496201West Pacific (25)155 kt · West Pacific · 1984-10-26 · 16.0°N 131.7°E
198596241West Pacific (25)150 kt · West Pacific · 1985-10-16 · 14.6°N 131.2°E
198686162West Pacific (28)150 kt · West Pacific · 1986-05-19 · 12.3°N 155.4°E
198782184East Pacific (20)145 kt · West Pacific · 1987-11-25 · 13.0°N 124.5°E
198878193West Pacific (29)160 kt · North Atlantic · 1988-09-14 · 19.7°N 83.8°W
198992257West Pacific (30)140 kt · West Pacific · 1989-04-21 · 12.6°N 145.9°E
199090214West Pacific (28)150 kt · West Pacific · 1990-11-10 · 7.9°N 134.1°E
199179254West Pacific (28)150 kt · West Pacific · 1991-11-27 · 11.6°N 145.5°E
1992101325East Pacific (31)160 kt · East Pacific · 1992-11-21 · 11.2°N 155.8°E
199380251West Pacific (29)140 kt · West Pacific · 1993-10-04 · 19.8°N 132.8°E
199492305West Pacific (33)150 kt · East Pacific · 1994-08-23 · 14.2°N 155.1°W
199576244West Pacific (25)155 kt · West Pacific · 1995-11-01 · 12.7°N 129.6°E
199696275West Pacific (32)140 kt · South Indian · 1996-04-14 · 15.0°S 63.5°E
1997942812West Pacific (28)160 kt · East Pacific · 1997-09-12 · 17.1°N 109.6°W
199887214South Pacific (20)155 kt · West Pacific · 1998-10-13 · 16.0°N 124.7°E
199969213West Pacific (19)140 kt · South Indian · 1999-03-31 · 17.6°S 91.7°E
200087213West Pacific (24)155 kt · West Pacific · 2000-05-09 · 18.6°N 136.1°E
200185232West Pacific (28)155 kt · West Pacific · 2001-12-23 · 14.7°N 150.2°E
200279278West Pacific (23)155 kt · South Pacific · 2002-12-27 · 11.7°S 170.7°E
200383255West Pacific (21)150 kt · West Pacific · 2003-09-10 · 23.6°N 127.2°E
200482328West Pacific (28)155 kt · West Pacific · 2004-06-16 · 15.2°N 136.0°E
2005101278North Atlantic (28)160 kt · North Atlantic · 2005-10-19 · 17.3°N 82.8°W
200677275West Pacific (21)155 kt · South Pacific · 2006-04-23 · 11.3°S 136.6°E
200782225West Pacific (21)150 kt · North Atlantic · 2007-08-21 · 18.6°N 86.9°W
200888241West Pacific (26)140 kt · West Pacific · 2008-09-27 · 20.6°N 125.6°E
200983215West Pacific (21)155 kt · East Pacific · 2009-10-18 · 15.2°N 106.6°W
201070194North Atlantic (17)160 kt · West Pacific · 2010-10-17 · 18.0°N 125.1°E
201176213North Atlantic (19)140 kt · West Pacific · 2011-05-26 · 15.6°N 125.8°E
201285243West Pacific (25)155 kt · West Pacific · 2012-09-13 · 17.2°N 129.7°E
201390225West Pacific (29)170 kt · West Pacific · 2013-11-07 · 10.2°N 129.0°E
2014762610East Pacific (22)155 kt · West Pacific · 2014-10-07 · 17.6°N 133.2°E
201593409West Pacific (26)185 kt · East Pacific · 2015-10-23 · 17.3°N 105.6°W
201683258West Pacific (25)170 kt · West Pacific · 2016-09-13 · 20.4°N 122.9°E
201785193West Pacific (26)155 kt · North Atlantic · 2017-09-05 · 16.9°N 59.2°W
20181023310West Pacific (29)155 kt · West Pacific · 2018-08-31 · 18.2°N 142.7°E
201994356West Pacific (25)160 kt · North Atlantic · 2019-09-01 · 26.5°N 77.1°W
202099234North Atlantic (29)170 kt · West Pacific · 2020-10-31 · 13.6°N 125.1°E
202192166North Atlantic (21)170 kt · West Pacific · 2021-04-17 · 12.0°N 129.2°E
202288173South Indian (23)145 kt · West Pacific · 2022-09-24 · 15.2°N 124.7°E
202378308North Atlantic (20)165 kt · West Pacific · 2023-05-26 · 15.1°N 139.2°E
202478216West Pacific (21)150 kt · North Atlantic · 2024-10-07 · 21.7°N 91.3°W

Winds are the one-minute sustained peak in knots from the record. In the game each storm carries a name from its ocean's list, so a famous storm sails under another name; its track, strength and timing are the real ones.

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