2023–24 South Pacific cyclone season

The 2023–24 South Pacific cyclone season is an ongoing weather event in the South Pacific Ocean, east of 160°E. The season officially started on November 1, 2023, and will end on April 30, 2024, however a tropical cyclone could form between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, and still be included in the season, as shown by Cyclone Lola which formed in October. During the season, tropical cyclones will be officially monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service, Australian Bureau of Meteorology and New Zealand's MetService. The United States Armed Forces through the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) will also monitor the basin and issue unofficial warnings for American interests. The FMS attaches a number and an F suffix to systems that are active in the basin while the JTWC designates significant tropical cyclones with a number and a P suffix. The BoM, FMS and MetService all use the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale and estimate winds with a 10-minute period, while the JTWC estimates winds over a 1-minute period, which are subsequently compared to the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS).

2023–24 South Pacific cyclone season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedOctober 19, 2023
Last system dissipatedSeason ongoing
Strongest storm
NameLola
  Maximum winds215 km/h (130 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
  Lowest pressure930 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total disturbances12
Total depressions6
Tropical cyclones4
Severe tropical cyclones2
Total fatalities2
Total damageUnknown
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