Tropical Storm Dot

The name Dot was used to name tropical cyclones in the Western North Pacific and Central North Pacific.

In the Central North Pacific, Dot was borrowed from the Western North Pacific name list twice;

• Hurricane Dot (1959) – first hurricane to make landfall on Hawaii; caused over 5 million in damage, but no casualties.
• Hurricane Dot (1970) (T7013, 14W) – didn't affect land.

In the Western North Pacific, Dot was used for

• Typhoon Dot (1955) (T5508)
• Super Typhoon Dot (1961) (T6128, 66W) – affected Iwo Jima
• Typhoon Dot (1964) (T6424, 36W, Enang) – made landfall twice, affected the Philippines, Hong Kong and eastern China
• Tropical Storm Dot (1967) (T6709, 10W) – affected the Ryūkyū Islands
• Typhoon Dot (1973) (T7305, 05W) – made landfall just east of Hong Kong on the Chinese mainland
• Tropical Storm Dot (1976) (T7615, 15W) – scraped the coast of China near Shanghai before making landfall while dissipating on the Korean Peninsula
• Tropical Storm Dot (1979) (T7904, 04W) – affected most of The Philippines
• Typhoon Dot (1982) (T8212, 13W, Miding) – made landfall in China.
• Typhoon Dot (1985) (T8522, 21W, Saling) – made landfall in the Philippines, brushed the southern coast of Hainan, made second landfall in Vietnam
• Typhoon Dot (1989) (T8905, 05W) – made landfall on Hainan, weakening before a third landfall in Vietnam
• Typhoon Dot (1990) (T9017, 17W) – made landfalls in Taiwan and China
• Typhoon Dot (1993) (T9318, 24W) – made landfall in the Philippines Turned away from Hainan at the last moment to make landfall on mainland China.