Typhoon Gay
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The name Gay has been used for five tropical cyclone
s in the northwest Pacific Ocean
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The name Gay has also been used for one tropical cyclone
in the southwest Pacific Ocean
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Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain. Tropical cyclones strengthen when water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapor...
s in the northwest Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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- 1981's Typhoon Gay (T8124, 24W, Walding) - A Category 2 typhoon that weakened to a Category 1 before brushing the eastern coast of Japan in October 1981.
- 1985's Typhoon Gay (T8503, 03W, Bining) - A Category 3 Typhoon that remained well off the coast of Japan in May 1985.
- 1988's Tropical Storm Gay (T8816, 13W) - A minimal Tropical Storm that stayed well out to sea in September 1988.
- 1989's Typhoon GayTyphoon Gay (1989)Typhoon Gay was a powerful tropical cyclone which caused significant damage in Chumphon Province of Thailand and eastern India in November 1989. It was the worst typhoon to affect the Malay peninsula in 35 years...
(T8929, 32W) - A Severe Tropical Cyclone that struck Thailand as a Category 3 typhoon in the Western Pacific Basin. After that, Gay crossed into the Indian Ocean Basin becoming a Category 5 Cyclone just prior to striking India in November 1989. - 1992's Super Typhoon GayTyphoon Gay (1992)Typhoon Gay was an extremely powerful and long-lived super typhoon that formed in the 1992 Pacific typhoon season. It had a minimum pressure of 872, making it the strongest tropical cyclone of the season...
(T9230, 31W) - A Category 5 Super Typhoon that peaked at 190 mph, which made it the strongest Western Pacific Basin storm since Typhoon TipTyphoon TipTyphoon Tip was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record. The nineteenth tropical storm and twelfth typhoon of the 1979 Pacific typhoon season, Tip developed out of a disturbance in the monsoon trough on October 4 near Pohnpei...
in 1979. Gay went on to threaten GuamGuamGuam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
as a significant Typhoon, only to weaken greatly from interaction with Typhoon Hunt. Typhoon Gay weakened rapidly before striking Guam with winds of 100 mph, still a Category 2 Typhoon.
The name Gay has also been used for one tropical cyclone
Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain. Tropical cyclones strengthen when water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapor...
in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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- 1965's Cyclone GayPre-1970 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasonsThe Pre-1970 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons ran year-round from July 1 to June 30, reaching their peaks mid-February to early March.Pre-1970 1970–75 1975–80 1980–1985-Unnnamed tropical cyclone :The Banda Islands were hit in March...