Tropical Storm Agnes (disambiguation)
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The name Agnes has been used for a total of sixteen 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...

s worldwide: One in the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

, thirteen in the Western 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...

, one in the Southwest Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

 and one in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Atlantic:
  • Hurricane Agnes
    Hurricane Agnes
    Hurricane Agnes was the first tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. A rare June hurricane, it made landfall on the Florida Panhandle before moving northeastward and ravaging the Mid-Atlantic region as a tropical storm...

     (1972), a Category 1 hurricane that formed over the Yucatán Peninsula and made landfall on the Florida Panhandle

The name Agnes was retired in the Atlantic after this storm.

Western Pacific:
  • Typhoon Agnes (1948) (T4834), a Category 2 Typhoon that struck Japan
  • Super Typhoon Agnes (1952) (T5220), a Category 5 Super Typhoon that was November typhoon and did not approach land closely
  • Super Typhoon Agnes (1957) (T5707), a Category 4 Super Typhoon that passed over the Ryūkyū Islands at peak strength before making landfall in South Korea as a tropical storm
  • Tropical Storm Agnes (1960) (T6013, 29W), a tropical storm that passed over Taiwan in August
  • Typhoon Agnes (1963) (T6308, 18W, Ising), struck northern Luzon in the Philippines as a Category 2 typhoon before entering the South China Sea where it made a second landfall in China
  • Tropical Storm Agnes (1965) (T6527, 33W), a tropical storm which formed in the South China Sea and made landfall in Guangdong, China
  • Super Typhoon Agnes (1968) (T6813, 17W), a Category 5 Super Typhoon that did not approach land
  • Typhoon Agnes (1971) (T7127, 29W, Warling), a Category 1 Typhoon that struck Taiwan causing severe flooding in Taipei
  • Typhoon Agnes (1974) (T7422, 26W), a Category 3 Typhoon that stayed well clear of land
  • Tropical Storm Agnes (1978) (T7809, 09W), a tropical storm in the South China sea that performed a cyclonic loop before hitting China
  • Typhoon Agnes (1981) (T8118, 18W, Pining), a Category 2 typhoon that caused severe flooding in South Korea
  • Typhoon Agnes (1984) (T8424, 27W, Undang), reached Category 4 strength before passing through the Philippines causing over 500 deaths, then made a second landfall in Vietnam
  • Tropical Storm Agnes (1988) (T8807, 07W), a tropical storm in late July that formed near Iwo Jima


Southwest Indian Ocean:
  • Cyclone Agnes (1971), made landfall in northern Madagascar


Southwest Pacific Ocean:
  • Cyclone Agnes (1995), a Category 3 cyclone south of Port Moresby in the Coral Sea which did not approach land
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