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Subject: E7) What is the farthest a tropical cyclone has
traveled ?
Contributed by Neal Dorst and Sandy Delgado
Here are lists of the longest path lengths (rounded off) for three
basins since the start of the satellite era (1961). These paths
are based on distance traveled from the first advisory until the last
advisory while the system was still considered 'tropical.'
| Atlantic |
| Storm | Distance
(km)
| Distance
(n.mi)
| | FAITH (1966) | 12700 | 6850 |
| ALBERTO (2000) | 10670 | 5760 |
| CLEO (1964) | 9660 | 5210 |
| CHLOE (1967) | 9660 | 5210 |
| FLORA (1963) | 9255 | 4990 |
| Basin average | 3000 | 1620 |
| |
East Pacific
Central Pacific |
| Storm | Distance
(km)
| Distance
(n.mi)
| | JOHN (1994)* | 13280 | 7165 |
| DORA (1999)* | 10480 | 5650 |
| FICO (1978) | 8700 | 4700 |
| OLIWA (1997)* | 8500 | 4590 |
| DANIEL (2000) | 8100 | 4370 |
| GUILLERMO (1997) | 8055 | 4350 |
| Basin average | 2400 | 1295 |
| * track extended into western Pacific |
| West Pacific |
| Storm | Distance
(km)
| Distance
(n.mi)
| | FAYE (1965) | 8750 | 4700 |
| NANCY (1961) | 8110 | 4380 |
| PARMA (2003) | 7600 | 4100 |
| MIREILLE (1991) | 7300 | 3940 |
| WYNNE (1987) | 7275 | 3925 |
| Basin average | 2630 | 1420 |
| Supplied by Digital Typhoon database |
| South Pacific |
| Storm | Distance
(km)
| Distance
(n.mi)
| | REWA (1993) | 8920 | 4790 |
| MADGE (1972) | 6110 | 3280 |
| MARCELLE (1972) | 5350 | 2875 |
| BERTHA (1958) | 4795 | 2575 |
| IDYLLE (1978) | 4790 | 2570 |
| Basin average | ---- | ---- |
| Supplied by Digital Typhoon database |
Last updated May 20, 2011
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