Overview of Tropical Cyclone in May 2026

Two tropical cyclones occurred over the western North Pacific in May 2026.

Hagupit (2605) formed as a tropical depression on the morning of 5 May over the western North Pacific about 810 km southeast of Guam, and tracked generally westwards towards the vicinity of Yap. It intensified into a tropical storm on the afternoon of the next day, and attained its peak intensity in the small hours of 8 May, with an estimated maximum sustained wind of 75 km/h near its centre. Hagupit moved across the seas south of Yap from that night to the small hours of the next day. It turned to track northwestwards across the seas east of the Philippines and gradually weakened in the following three days. Hagupit turned to move east-northeastwards on 13 May, and finally degenerated into an area of low pressure over the western North Pacific east of the Philippines on the morning of 14 May.

Jangmi (2606) formed as a tropical depression over the western North Pacific about 140 km south-southeast of Yap in the small hours of 27 May. It then moved northwestwards or north-northwestwards towards the vicinity of the Ryukyu Islands and intensified gradually in the following four days. Jangmi intensified into a typhoon and attained its peak intensity in the small hours of 31 May, with an estimated maximum sustained wind of 120 km/h near its centre.