List of storms named Dianmu

Last updated June 22, 2023

The name Dianmu has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by China and literally means "Mother of lightning", a title of the ancient goddess of lighting, Leizi.

Typhoon Dianmu (2004) (T0406, 09W, Helen) – struck Japan.
Severe Tropical Storm Dianmu (2010) (T1004, 05W, Ester)
Tropical Storm Dianmu (2016) (T1608, 11W) - struck Indochina
Tropical Storm Dianmu (2021) (T2115, 21W)

Preceded by Chanthu	Pacific typhoon season names Dianmu	Succeeded by Mindulle

This article includes a list of named storms that share the same name (or similar names).
If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended storm article.

Related Research Articles

The name Huaning has been used for 16 tropical cyclones in the Philippine Area of Responsibility by PAGASA and its predecessor, the Philippine Weather Bureau, in the Western Pacific.

Typhoon Dianmu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Helen, was a powerful typhoon that struck southeastern Japan during the 2004 Pacific typhoon season. The name Dianmu is the name of the goddess of thunder and lightning in Chinese folklore.

The name Helen or Hellen has been used for twenty tropical cyclones worldwide: sixteen in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the North Indian Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and two in the Australian region.

The name Rose has been used for twelve tropical cyclones worldwide, including once in the Atlantic, ten in the northwest Pacific Ocean and once in the southwest Indian Ocean.

Tropical Storm Dianmu was a weak tropical cyclone that struck Leizhou Peninsula, China and Northern Vietnam in mid August 2016. It was the eighth named storm of the annual typhoon season.

The name Pamela has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide, one in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and ten in the Western Pacific.

Dianmu, also known as Leizi, is the Chinese goddess of lightning, who is said to have used flashing mirrors to send bolts of lightning across the sky.

Tropical Storm Dianmu was a weak tropical cyclone that caused considerable damage over parts of Mainland Southeast Asia during late-September 2021. The fifteenth named storm of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season, Dianmu originated from an area of low-pressure situated in the South China Sea on September 21. Being first monitored by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, the system rapidly consolidated to a tropical depression on September 22 as it continued to approach Vietnam before strengthening further to a weak tropical storm, with the Japan Meteorological Agency naming it as "Dianmu". Little intensification occurred before it made landfall on the country with winds of 35 knots. It then rapidly weakened over land and dissipated on September 24 as a tropical cyclone.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.