List of storms named Helen

Not to be confused with List of storms named Helene or List of storms named Heling.

The name Helen or Hellen has been used for twenty tropical cyclones worldwide: sixteen in the Western Pacific Ocean (six regionally in the Philippines by PAGASA), one in the North Indian Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and two in the Australian region.

Western Pacific

• Typhoon Helen (1945)
• Typhoon Helen (1954) (T5406)
• Typhoon Helen (1958) (T5821) – struck Japan.
• Typhoon Helen (1961) (T6110, 31W)
• Typhoon Helen (1964) (T6411, 14W)
• Tropical Storm Helen (1966) (T6624, 26W) – struck Japan.
• Typhoon Helen (1969) (T6914, 18W)
• Typhoon Helen (1972) (T7220, 20W, Paring) – struck Japan.
• Tropical Storm Helen (1975) (T7518, 21W)
• Tropical Storm Helen (1992) (T9208, 08W)
• Typhoon Helen (1995) (T9505, 08W, Karing) – struck southern China.

Storms named by PAGASA

• Typhoon Dianmu (2004) (T0406, 09W, Helen) – an intense typhoon that traversed southeastern part of Japan.
• Typhoon Kalmaegi (2008) (T0807, 08W, Helen) – a moderate typhoon that struck the tip of Taiwan
• Typhoon Kai-tak (2012) (T1213, 14W, Helen) – made landfall in the Philippines and China.
• Typhoon Megi (2016) (T1617, 20W, Helen) – made landfall in Taiwan as a Category 4 typhoon.
• Severe Tropical Storm Higos (2020) (T2007, 08W, Helen) – affected the Philippines and China.
• Tropical Storm Pulasan (2024) (T2414, 15W, Helen) – a strong tropical storm that affected East China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.

Indian Ocean

• Cyclone Helen (2013) – affected Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India
• Cyclone Hellen (2014) – one of the most powerful tropical cyclones in the Mozambique Channel on record.

Australian Region

• Cyclone Helen (1974)
• Cyclone Helen (2007)