The tropical weather summary is issued at the beginning of each month from July to December, summarizing the previous month's tropical cyclone activity.
ACPN60 PHFO 011100 TWSCP TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 100 AM HST SAT DEC 1 2012 FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...BETWEEN 140W AND 180 ...THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR WITH ONLY ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE... THERE WAS ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...TROPICAL STORM DANIEL...IN THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE OFFICIAL 2012 HURRICANE SEASON... WHICH ENDED FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30. THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR WITH ONLY 1 TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE CPHC AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. IN ADDITION...NONE OF THESE 3 TROPICAL SYSTEMS REACHED HURRICANE INTENSITY. THE ONLY OTHER THREE YEAR PERIOD SINCE 1966 THAT HAD A SIMILAR SPARSE NUMBER OF TROPICAL CYCLONES WAS WHEN A TOTAL OF 4 OCCURRED DURING THE YEARS 1979...1980 AND 1981...WHEN 0...2 AND 2...RESPECTIVELY...WERE OBSERVED. HOWEVER...EVEN DURING THIS PREVIOUS THREE YEAR PERIOD WITH LOW NUMBERS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES...ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS WAS A HURRICANE...WHICH WAS KAY OF 1980. FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BELIEVE THIS RECENT TREND OF MEAGER CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONE NUMBERS JUSTIFIES NOT PREPARING FOR FUTURE TROPICAL STORMS OR HURRICANES...NOTE THAT FOLLOWING THE YEARS 1979 TO 1981...THE 1982 CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON HAD A TOTAL OF 10 TROPICAL CYCLONES...INCLUDING 4 HURRICANES. IN FACT... ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS WAS HURRICANE IWA WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTED THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN NOVEMBER 1982. THIS HURRICANE RESULTED IN 4 DEATHS AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION ON THE ISLANDS OF OAHU... KAUAI AND NIIHAU. MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED DURING IWA...WHICH LEFT AT LEAST 500 PEOPLE HOMELESS. SUMMARY TABLE FOR THE 2012 CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON NAME DATES MAX WIND /MPH/ ----------------------------------------------- TS DANIEL 11 JUL 40 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE CPHC WEB SITE AT... WEATHER.GOV/CPHC $$ HOUSTON