List of storms named Nina

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The name Nina has been used for twenty tropical cyclones worldwide: eighteen in the northwest Pacific Ocean (thirteen by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center and five by PAGASA), and one each in the northeast central Pacific Ocean and the Australian region/South Pacific.

In the Australian region/South Pacific:

  • Cyclone Nina (1992–93), a Category 4 cyclone that affected Queensland and several islands in Oceania.

In the Central Pacific:

  • Hurricane Nina (1957) – a Category 1 hurricane in the Central Pacific; named as such because of the policy to use typhoon names for systems that would form in the Central Pacific Ocean.

In the Western Pacific Ocean:

In 2003, Typhoon Krovanh was named Niña, but as the name also appeared in the succeeding year’s list (albeit spelled Nina and not Niña), it was instead replaced by Nonoy, which went unused in 2007 and had its sole usage in 2011, before being replaced by Nona for 2015 due to similarities with the nickname of the Philippine president at that time, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino.

The name Nina was eventually retired by PAGASA after the 2016 season, and was replaced with Nika.