A report on all cyclones that formed in 2017, with detailed season statistics and records that were achieved worldwide this year. Compiled by Nathan Foy at Force Thirteen, December 2017, January 2018 E-mail:
[email protected] Cover photo: Himawari-8 Visible-RGB image of Cyclone Ernie at peak intensity on April 7, 2017 Below photo: GOES-16 True Color image of Hurricane Jose whilst stalling off the US East Coast on September 20, 2017. Contents 1. Background 3 1.1 2017 in summary 3 1.2 Historical perspective 5 2. The 2017 Datasheet 8 2.1 Peak Intensities 8 2.2 Amount of Landfalls and Nations Affected 11 2.3 Fatalities, Injuries, and Missing persons 15 2.4 Monetary damages 17 2.5 Buildings damaged and destroyed 18 2.6 Evacuees 20 2.7 Timeline 21 3. Notable Storms of 2017 24 3.1 Cyclone Dineo 25 3.2 Cyclone Enawo 26 3.3 Cyclone Debbie 27 3.4 Cyclone Ernie 28 3.5 Tropical Storm Arlene 29 3.6 Tropical Storm Bret 30 3.7 Tropical Storm Cindy 31 3.8 Typhoon Noru 32 3.9 Hurricane Gert 33 3.10 Hurricane Harvey 34 3.11 Hurricane Irma 35 3.12 Hurricane Jose 36 3.13 Hurricane Lee 37 3.14 Hurricane Maria 38 3.15 Hurricane Ophelia 39 3.16 Typhoon Lan 40 3.17 Tropical Storm Rina and Subtropical Storm in Mediterranean Sea 41 4. 2017 Storm Records 42 4.1 Intensity and Longevity 43 4.2 Activity Records 46 4.3 Landfall Records 48 4.4 Eye and Size Records 49 4.5 Intensification Rate 50 5.