List of storms named Bess

Last updated March 25, 2024

The name Bess has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, and ten tropical cyclones in the western Pacific.

Bess was used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic:

Tropical Storm Bess (1978), hit Nautla, Mexico

Bess was used for ten tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific:

Typhoon Bess (1952) (T5221)
Typhoon Bess (1957) (T5710), hit southern Japan
Typhoon Bess (1960) (T6014, 30W)
Typhoon Bess (1963) (T6309, 20W), Category 4 super typhoon; hit southern Japan
Typhoon Bess (1965) (T6528, 34W), Category 5 super typhoon
Typhoon Bess (1968) (T6814, 19W)
Typhoon Bess (1971) (T7128, 30W, Yayang), Category 5 super typhoon; struck Taiwan and China
Typhoon Bess (1974) (T7423, 27W, Susang), hit Hainan Island and the northern Philippines
Typhoon Bess (1979) (T7902, 02W, Auring)
Typhoon Bess (1982) (T8210, 11W), Category 5 super typhoon; hit southern Japan and caused 59 deaths

The name Bess was retired after the 1974 season, and replaced by Bonnie. However, when the tropical cyclone naming lists changed in 1979, Bess was re-included. The name Bess was re-retired after the 1982 season, and replaced by Brenda.

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Typhoon Bess, was a powerful, deadly, and destructive tropical cyclone, which was the deadliest typhoon to hit Japan since Tip in 1979. The eleventh tropical storm, sixth typhoon, and first super typhoon of the 1982 Pacific typhoon season, the system first developed on July 21. Two days later, it was upgraded into a tropical storm, and subsequently began to intensify while tracking northwest. Bess attained typhoon intensity on July 24, before it briefly turned southwest. After turning north-northwest, the typhoon entered a period of rapid intensification and late on July 28 reached peak winds of 230 km/h (145 mph). After turning north, Bess began to weaken as it encountered less favorable conditions. On August 1, Bess was downgraded into a tropical storm. Shortly after that, the storm struck southeastern Japan, and on August 2 merged with a low pressure area atop of the Sea of Japan.

Typhoon Nock-ten, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Nina, was the strongest Christmas Day tropical cyclone worldwide in terms of 1-minute sustained winds. Forming as a tropical depression southeast of Yap and strengthening into the twenty-sixth tropical storm of the annual typhoon season on December 21, 2016, Nock-ten intensified into the thirteenth typhoon of the season on December 23. Soon afterwards, the system underwent explosive intensification and became a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon early on December 25. Nock-ten weakened shortly afterwards before making eight landfalls over the Philippines. The typhoon weakened rapidly due to the landfalls as it entered the South China Sea on December 26, turned southwest, and ultimately dissipated on December 28 due to the winter monsoon.

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