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English: Taken by various satellites throughout 2015, these are the 40 tropical cyclones that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale during that year, from Bansi in January to Ula in December. However, it peaked in January 2016. The most intense tropical cyclone during 2015 and the second most intense globally on record was Patricia which is the third image in the fourth and final row, it had a pressure of 872 hPa and 1-minute sustained winds of 215 MPH (345 KMH), and a honorable mention goes to Tropical Cyclone Pam which was the second most intense of that year globally, but the most intense in the Southern hemisphere it had a pressure of 896 hPa and 1-minute sustained winds of 175 MPH (280 KMH), it is the sixth image in the first row. |
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| Author | NASA, NOAA, and JMA (Image stitching by Cyclonetracker7586) |
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