# Typhoons 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Living in Taiwan\ **Tags:** typhoons, 2024\ **Created:** [May 6, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038 "2024-05-06T14:50:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/1 "2024-05-06T14:50:09Z")
It’s May and there have been none whatsoever so far. This is weird. ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/f/2/f2407512364c076eaf0ce3de60067460339591d8.png) ---
**Author:** ![SuperS54](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/supers54/32/137985_2.png) [@SuperS54](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/SuperS54)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/2 "2024-05-06T15:28:20Z")
Bit early is it not? Taiwan’s peak season is July to October, east Asia from May onwards. ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/3 "2024-05-06T15:51:28Z")
Outside of 2021 and 2016, nearly every year in recent memory had seasons starting in March, January or even New Year’s Eve of the previous year. ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/4 "2024-05-06T16:12:07Z")
Maybe the earthquakes keep the typhoons away 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Leggat](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/leggat/32/126250_2.png) [@Leggat](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Leggat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/5 "2024-05-06T23:06:23Z")
Or it may be a tail-end effect of this year’s El Niño ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/6 "2024-05-06T23:27:33Z")
I blame Mazu. ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/7 "2024-05-06T23:59:18Z")
Yeah nah you’ve triggered me there. Ye can’t be capitalising Typhoons and leaving yer earthquakes there all lower case. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/8 "2024-05-07T01:15:05Z")
Foreign disasters get better treatment? Only in Taiwan! ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/9 "2024-05-07T10:51:43Z")
> [@the\_bear](#): > > Yeah nah you’ve triggered me there. Ye can’t be capitalising Typhoons and leaving yer earthquakes there all lower case. Fixed to prevent an angry bear from rampaging the forum 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/10 "2024-05-07T18:29:04Z")
You just had to say it… Last year was devastating enough!!! ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/11 "2024-05-26T06:53:12Z")
The first one this year - but forecasted to not pass over Taiwan: > **[First storm of 2024 formed, not to directly impact Taiwan: CWA - Focus Taiwan](https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202405260005)** > > The first tropical storm of the 2024 typhoon season in the Pacific, named Ewiniar, formed in the ocean south-southeast of the Philippines Sunday morning, but the chance of it directly affecting Taiwan is low, according to the Central Weather... ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/12 "2024-05-30T08:43:41Z")
Another one - just a tropical depression right now, but potentially heading towards Taiwan: ![IMG_3798](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/3/d/3d504f0c2b31f8c4f32c310ffd0de34a2b415822.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/13 "2024-05-31T08:34:51Z")
> [@qwert\_zuiop](#): > > Another one - just a tropical depression right now, but potentially heading towards Taiwan: [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5880651](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5880651) > Lin said Tropical Depression TD02 could potentially strengthen into Tropical Storm Maliksi as early as Friday. However, Lin predicted its intensity would quickly weaken after it moved north and reached China. ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/14 "2024-05-31T13:25:55Z")
The burning winds sure suck though! ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/15 "2024-06-25T08:20:19Z")
> **[2-4 typhoons forecast to be near Taiwan in 2024: CWA - Focus Taiwan](https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202406250008)** > > Around two to four typhoons are forecast to be in the vicinity of Taiwan between June and November, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said Tuesday. > At a news conference, CWA Weather Forecast Center director Chen Yi-liang (陳怡良) said the number is slightly lower than the average of three to five, reflecting the weakening El Niño weather pattern and the possibility of a La Niña weather pattern approaching. > > Under such conditions, there are typically fewer typhoons but their routes will be more likely to come near Taiwan, Chen said. > > […] > > Chen also noted that only two typhoons formed in the northwestern Pacific between January and June, which is also fewer than the average of 4.27. ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/16 "2024-07-17T04:33:06Z")
Windy is currently predicting a Typhoon to form and pass by closely to Taiwan next week: ![IMG_4140](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/2/0/20e5d9d5a264a696060b14b977d0f2cb52aa2c50.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/17 "2024-07-17T06:13:19Z")
Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/18 "2024-07-18T10:53:53Z")
> [@qwert\_zuiop](#): > > Windy is currently predicting a Typhoon to form and pass by closely to Taiwan next week > **[Taiwan's weather likely to be impacted by tropical storm next week: CWA -...](https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202407180012)** > > Taiwan's weather is likely to be impacted by an approaching tropical storm next week, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA) on Thursday. > A tropical system currently located in waters east of the Philippines could develop into a depression or storm on the weekend due to the effect of a Pacific high pressure system gradually moving northward, CWA forecaster Lee Meng-hsuan (李孟軒) said. > > If a tropical depression or storm forms it would likely move toward waters east of Taiwan on July 23 and July 24, with its outer rim bringing rain to eastern areas, Lee said. > > Sporadic bursts of rainfall could also occur in the country’s north and south, he said, while indicating that afternoon thunderstorm are more likely in central parts of Taiwan. > > However, the intensity and movement of the weather system still needs to be observed, the forecaster added. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/19 "2024-07-20T03:10:26Z")
Some potential typhoon action next week? Here’s the CWA forecast as of today (subject to change): ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/5/3/535560b31f2cabbb6a076773e8d9f251abef5141.png) Source: [Typhoon News | Central Weather Administration](https://www.cwa.gov.tw/V8/E/P/Typhoon/TY_NEWS.html) Guy ---
**Author:** ![Leggat](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/leggat/32/126250_2.png) [@Leggat](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Leggat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038/20 "2024-07-20T03:29:26Z")
So flying into the region on the 29th should be unaffected, if I’m reading that right? [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/typhoons-2024/240038.md?page=2)