List of storms named Nora
Appearance
The name Nora has been used for eighteen tropical cyclones and one extratropical cyclone worldwide: seven in the Eastern Pacific, ten in the Western Pacific, and once in the Australian Region and in Western Europe.
In the Eastern Pacific:
- Tropical Storm Nora (1985) – not a threat to land.
- Hurricane Nora (1991) – a Category 2 hurricane that dissipated before making landfall.
- Hurricane Nora (1997) – a powerful Category 4 hurricane which made landfall in Baja California, later moving into the Lower Colorado River Valley.
- Hurricane Nora (2003) – a Category 2 hurricane that became the strongest storm of the season; made landfall as a tropical depression.
- Tropical Storm Nora (2009) – no threat to land.
- Tropical Storm Nora (2015) – approached Hawaii but dissipated before landfall.
- Hurricane Nora (2021) – a large Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
In the Western Pacific:
- Typhoon Nora (1945) – late-season typhoon which threatened the Philippines but eventually recurved at sea.
- Typhoon Nora (1951) (T5112) – powerful typhoon which made landfall in northern Luzon, Hainan and northern Vietnam.
- Typhoon Nora (1955) (T5525) – relatively strong typhoon which brushed the coast of Japan.
- Tropical Storm Nora (1959) (T5913, 26W) – a tropical storm that made landfall in China.
- Typhoon Nora (1962) (T6209, 46W) – struck the Korean Peninsula and Hokkaido, causing the deaths of 15 people.
- Tropical Storm Nora (1964) (T6433, 49W, Moning) – weak tropical storm which caused a shipwreck in the Philippines, presumably killing 18.
- Typhoon Nora (1967) (T6721, 24W, Sisang) – minimal typhoon which affected the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and East China.
- Tropical Storm Nora (1970) (T7023, 25W) – relatively strong tropical storm that brushed the coasts of southern Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, with its remnants contributing to the formation of the 1970 Bhola cyclone.
- Typhoon Nora (1973) (T7315, 17W, Luming) – one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded; impacted the Philippines, Taiwan and China at a weaker strength, claiming at least 40 lives.
- Severe Tropical Storm Nora (1976) (T7624, 25W, Aring) – struck the central and eastern regions of the Philippines.
In the Australian Region:
- Cyclone Nora (2018) – made landfall in Far North Queensland, causing more than US$25 million in damages and economic losses.
In Western Europe:
- Storm Nora, an extratropical cyclone which affected northern and western Europe, also known as Storm Eunice and Storm Zeynep.