Champi reached 295 km/h 1 min sustained winds, strongest of 2026 by winds← Previous revisionRevision as of 02:35, 21 October 2026 Line 8: Line 8: | Last date= | Last date= | Strongest system= [[Hurricane Polo|Polo]] | Strongest system= [[Hurricane Polo|Polo]] {{#tag:ref|The "strength" of a tropical cyclone is measured by the minimum barometric pressure, not wind speed. Most meteorological organizations rate the intensity of a storm by this figure, so the lower the minimum pressure of the storm, the more intense or "stronger" it is considered to be. The strongest winds were actually from [[Typhoon Champi|Champi]], at 185 mph (295 km/h).|group="nb"}} | Pressure mbar/hPa=892 | Pressure mbar/hPa=892 | Pressure inHg=26.34 | Pressure inHg=26.34 Line 1,613: Line 1,614: |- |- |} |} [[File:Champi 2026-10-20 2240Z.jpg|alt=Typhoon Champi|thumb|[[2026 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Champi]]]] [[File:Champi 2026-10-20 1420z.png|alt=Typhoon Champi|thumb|[[2026 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Champi]]]] ===October=== ===October=== So far in October, eight tropical storms have formed, and seven of them were named. The month started off with five storms persisting into the current month: Nolo, Rachel, and Nineteen-E from the Eastern Pacific, as well as Surigae, Choi-wan. and Champi from the Western Pacific. The first system to form in the month was a tropical depression near the Marshall Islands in the Western Pacific on October 3, which was later named Koguma. Three days later, on October 6, [[Hurricane Isaias (2026)|Isaias]] formed, before [[Hurricane Simon|Simon]] did the next day. On October 10, 28W formed, a day before Champi formed. On October 13, Trudy formed, and then Wati formed the following day. On October 20, Agueda formed as a Moderate Tropical Storm in the South-Western Indian Ocean. So far in October, eight tropical storms have formed, and seven of them were named. The month started off with five storms persisting into the current month: Nolo, Rachel, and Nineteen-E from the Eastern Pacific, as well as Surigae and Choi-wan from the Western Pacific. The first system to form in the month was a tropical depression near the Marshall Islands in the Western Pacific on October 3, which was later named Koguma. Three days later, on October 6, [[Hurricane Isaias (2026)|Isaias]] formed, before [[Hurricane Simon|Simon]] did the next day. On October 10, 28W formed, a day before Champi formed. On October 13, Trudy formed, and then Wati formed the following day. On October 20, Agueda formed as a Moderate Tropical Storm in the South-Western Indian Ocean. {|class="wikitable sortable" {|class="wikitable sortable" |+ Tropical cyclones formed in October 2026 |+ Tropical cyclones formed in October 2026