Tropical cyclones in 2010

During 2010, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 104 tropical cyclones had formed this year to date. 64 tropical cyclones had been named by either a Regional Specialized Meteorological Center or a Tropical Cyclone Warning Center.
The most active basin in 2010 was the North Atlantic, which documented 19 named systems, while the North Indian Ocean, despite only amounting to five named systems, was its basin's most active since 1998. Conversely, both the West Pacific typhoon and East Pacific hurricane seasons experienced the least number of cyclones reaching tropical storm intensity in recorded history, numbering 14 and 8, respectively. Activity across the southern hemisphere's three basins—South-West Indian, Australian, and South Pacific—was spread evenly, with each region recording seven named storms apiece. That hemisphere's strongest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Edzani, which bottomed out with a barometric pressure of 910 mbar in the South-West Indian Ocean.
The strongest of these tropical cyclones was Typhoon Megi, which strengthened to a minimum barometric pressure of 885 mbar before striking the east coast of Luzon in the Philippines. The costliest tropical cyclone in 2010 was Hurricane Karl, which struck the Veracruz, Mexico area in September, causing US$5.6 billion in damage. Hurricane Alex and tropical storms Matthew, and Agatha were the only other tropical cyclones worldwide in 2010 to accrue over US$1 billion in damage. Agatha was also the year's deadliest storm, killing 190 people primarily in Guatemala after lasting for only one day over the waters of the East Pacific.

Season summary

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Storm Intensity	Number Formed
Tropical Depressions	107
Category 1	68
Category 2	43
Category 3	33
Category 4	16
Category 5	7

The above table is based on the Australian scale.

Systems

A total of 107 systems formed globally in 2010 with 22 of them causing significant damage, deaths, and/or setting records for their basin.

Late December 2009

Out of the tropical cyclones that formed in December 2009, Tropical Low 02U was the only system that managed to span January 2010 as well. It is one of only a few tropical cyclones to span two calendar decades. Sarai and Calvinia later did the same thing in 2019–20.

January

During January 2010, a total of twelve tropical cyclones formed, with only five receiving names by their meteorological agencies of responsibility. The most intense tropical cyclone was Cyclone Oli, which attained a central barometric pressure of 925 hPa, and a peak of 185 mph in wind speeds, making it the strongest tropical cyclone on record, in 10-minute sustained winds.

Storm Name	Dates Active	Max wind mph	Min pressure	Areas Affected	Damage	Deaths	Refs
Edzani	January 1 – 14	140	910	No land areas	-	-
03F	January 7 – 10	40	1002	French Polynesia, Southern Cook Islands	-	-
04U	January 14 – 21	Unspecified	Unspecified	No land areas	-	-
09	January 15 – 16	30	1005	Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar	Minimal	-
Magda	January 18 – 24	130	975	Western Australia	Unknown	-
Olga	January 20 – 30	60	983	Solomon Islands, Queensland, Northern Territory	Unknown	2
01W	January 18 – 20	35	1006	Vietnam, Cambodia	$243 thousand	3
Neville	January 19 – 21	40	995	Queensland	-	-
05F	January 23 – 28	Not Specified	997	-	-	-
Nisha	January 27 – 31	75	990	Samoan Islands, Southern Cook Islands	-	-
Oli	January 29 – February 7	185	925	Samoan Islands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia	$70 million	1

February

The month of February was quite inactive, with only seven tropical cyclones forming, with five becoming named storms.

Storm Name	Dates Active	Max wind mph	Min pressure	Areas Affected	Damage	Deaths	Refs
Fami	February 1 – 3	80	994	Madagascar	-	-
08F	February 2 – 4	55	997	French Polynesia, Cook Islands	-	-
Pat	February 6 – 11	140	960	Cook Islands	$13.7 million	-
Rene	February 9 – 17	155	955	Samoan Islands, Tonga	$18 million	-
08U	February 22 – 24	Not Specified	Not Specified	Northern Territory	-	-
Gelane	February 15 – 22	205	930	Reunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Madagascar	-	-
Sarah	February 17 – March 3	65	995	Cook Islands	Unknown	-

March

Storm Name	Dates Active	Max wind mph	Min pressure	Areas Affected	Damage	Deaths	Refs
Hubert	March 7 – 15	100	985	Madagascar	Unknown	85
Anita	March 8 – 12	85	995	Brazil	-	-
Ului	March 9 – 21	215	915	Queensland	$72 million	1
Tomas	March 9 – 17	185	925	Wallis and Futuna, Fiji	$45 million	3
Imani	March 20 – 27	130	965	-	-	-
Omais	March 22 – 26	65	998	Woleai, Fais, Ulithi, Yap	$10 thousand	-
Paul	March 22 – April 3	130	971	Northern Territory	Unknown	-
15F	March 30 – April 5	55	999	-	-	-

April

Storm Name	Dates Active	Max wind mph	Min pressure	Areas Affected	Damage	Deaths	Refs
Robyn	April 1 – 7	110	980	-	-	-
Sean	April 22 – 25	100	988	Northern Territory	Unknown	-
TD	April 26	Not Specified	1008	Mindanao	-	-

May

Storm Name	Dates Active	Max wind mph	Min pressure	Areas Affected	Damage	Deaths	Refs
Laila	May 17 – 21	100	986	India	$118 million	65
Bandu	May 19 – 23	75	994	Yemen, Somalia	-	1
Joël	May 22 – 29	100	990	Madagascar Mozambique	-	-
Agatha	May 29 – 30	75	1001	Mexico, Guatemala	$1.11 billion	204
Phet	May 30 – June 7	155	970	Oman, Pakistan, India	$780 million	44

June

June was relatively inactive with only six systems forming all within the northern hemisphere, with four further developing into tropical storms and receiving names. Hurricane Celia was the strongest and most intense tropical cyclone of the month which became a Category 5 major hurricane on the modern-day Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale; the first Category 5 in the month of June in the Eastern Pacific basin since Ava in 1973. Hurricane Alex is tied with 1957's Hurricane Audrey as the most intense hurricane in the month of June on record, peaking at 946 hPa.

Storm Name	Dates Active	Max wind mph	Min pressure	Areas Affected	Damage	Deaths	Refs
TD	June 3 – 5	Not Specified	1002	-	-	-
Two-E	June 16 – 17	55	1007	Mexico	Minimal	-
Blas	June 17 – 21	100	994	-	-	-
Celia	June 18 – 28	260	921	Mexico, Clipperton Island	-	-
Darby	June 23 – 28	195	959	Mexico	-	-
Alex	June 25 – July 2	175	946	Greater Antilles, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, Northern Mexico, Texas	$1.52 billion	33

July

August

September

October

November

December

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