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Not One Storm Crossed the Equator

Every one of the 3,996 storms of the 1980 to 2025 seasons — typhoon, hurricane and cyclone are one storm under three names, and not one crossed the equator.

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NOAA's International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) data, accessed on 2026-08-20. Satellite basemap: NASA Earth Observatory, Blue Marble: Next Generation.

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