1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons#1942 season

• May 17–25, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.{{cite report|title=India Weather Review Annual Summary Part C Storms and Depressions 1940|url=ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/cd019_pdf/0046266A.pdf|publisher=India Meteorological Department|year=1951|accessdate=June 24, 2020|pages=1–13}}
• June 23–27, 1940 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• June 29 – July 5, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• July 6–11, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• August 1–11, 1940 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• August 11–16, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• August 18–26, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• August 26 – September 1, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• September 14–24, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• September 17–21, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• October 9–20, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Arabian Sea.
• October 19–22, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• November 3–13, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Arabian Sea.
• November 11–18, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
• November 14–24, 1940 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• December 19–30, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.

In November 1940, A Severe Cyclone Struck Mumbai, Gusts reached 121 km/h in Colaba, There were bodies floating in floodwaters, The Cyclone cost the city 25 Lakh Rupees {{Cite web|date=June 3, 2020|first=Sharmila|last=Ganesan Ram |title=Bombay's tryst with cyclones|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bombays-tryst-with-cyclones/articleshow/76179262.cms|access-date=2021-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-06-02|title=Cyclone Nisarga is not the 1st Cyclone for Mumbai, lets see the 1940 & 1948 Cyclones|url=https://www.tamilnaduweatherman.in/2020/06/02/cyclone-nisarga-is-not-the-1st-cyclone-for-mumbai-lets-see-the-1940-1948-cyclones/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Tamil Nadu Weatherman|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043025/https://www.tamilnaduweatherman.in/2020/06/02/cyclone-nisarga-is-not-the-1st-cyclone-for-mumbai-lets-see-the-1940-1948-cyclones/|url-status=dead}}

• May 21–27, 1941 – A severe cyclonic storm existed in the Bay of Bengal and struck East Bengal (Present day Bangladesh) , causing 7,000 deaths.{{cite report|title=India Weather Review Annual Summary Part C Storms and Depressions 1941|url=ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/cd019_pdf/00462673.pdf|publisher=India Meteorological Department|year=1941|accessdate=June 24, 2020|pages=1–13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/14280191|title = Cyclone Hazard in Bangladesh|last1 = Damen|first1 = Michiel}}
• May 24 – June 1, 1941 – A severe cyclonic storm existed in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
• June 14–18, 1941 – A depression existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• June 23 – July 8, 1941 – A depression existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• July 6–13, 1941 – A severe cyclonic storm existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• July 8 – August 1, 1941 – A depression existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• August 7–14, 1941 – A cyclonic storm existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• August 15–22, 1941 – A cyclonic storm existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• September 6–13, 1941 – A depression existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• September 12–20, 1941 – A depression existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• October 3–5, 1941 – A depression existed in the Arabian Sea.
• October 4–12, 1941 – A depression existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• November 14–19, 1941 – A depression existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• November 29 – December 6, 1941 – A severe cyclonic storm existed in the Bay of Bengal.
• December 8–15, 1941 – A cyclonic storm existed in the Bay of Bengal.

• February 18–21, 1942 – A Deep Depression existed over the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.{{cite report|title=India Weather Review Annual Summary Part C Storms and Depressions 1942|url=ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/cd019_pdf/0046267A.pdf|publisher=India Meteorological Department|year=1942|accessdate=June 24, 2020|pages=1–8}}
• April 24–28, 1942 – A depression existed in the Gulf of Mannar and moved into the Arabian Sea.
• June 3–5, 1942 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• July 8–13, 1942 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• July 17–19, 1942 – A land depression existed over the Chota Nagpur Plateau.
• July 23–29, 1942 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• July 27–31, 1942 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• July 31 – August 6, 1942 – A deep depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• August 30 – September 8, 1942 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• September 9–12, 1942 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• September 19–23, 1942 – A land depression existed over Bengal.
• September 26–30, 1942 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• October 11–13, 1942 – A depression existed over the Arabian Sea.
• October 14–18, 1942 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. It hit near the West Bengal/Odisha border, resulting in around 61,000 fatalities.{{cite web |title=The 36 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones in World History |url=https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/articles/deadliest-tropical-cyclones |website=Weather Underground |access-date=25 April 2021}} A wind speed of 225 km/h (140 mph) was recorded.
• November 13–17, 1942 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.

• May 11 – 23, 1943 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.{{cite report|title=India Weather Review Annual Summary Part C Storms and Depressions 1943|url=ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/cd019_pdf/00462691.pdf|publisher=India Meteorological Department|year=1951|accessdate=June 24, 2020|pages=1–13}}
• May 30 – June 3, 1943 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• July 9–15, 1943 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• July 10–13, 1943 – A land depression existed over Central India.
• July 15–21, 1943 – A land depression existed near Calcutta.
• July 24– 31, 1943 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• July 29 – August 3, 1943 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• August 3–10, 1943 – A deep land depression existed near Calcutta.
• August 10–11, 1943 – A land depression existed over Central India.
• August 20–23, 1943 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• August 28 – September 4, 1943 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• September 19–28, 1943 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• October 3–14, 1943 – A cyclonic storm existed near Madras.
• October 14–20, 1943 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• October 27 – November 2, 1943 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
• November 14–18, 1943 – A depression existed over the Arabian Sea.
• November 18–22, 1943 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.

• August 14–19, 1944 – A land depression formed over Jharkhand, moved across India to enter the Arabian near South Gujarat coast. Intensified into cyclonic storm on August 18 before weakening the next day over the Arabian Sea.{{Cite news |last=Nandi |first=Jayashree |last2=Pathak |first2=Maulik |date=2024-08-31 |title=Originated over land, cyclone over sea: A rare storm gains strength off Gujarat |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/originated-over-land-cyclone-over-sea-a-rare-storm-gains-strength-off-gujarat-101725043334662.html |work=Hindustan Times}}{{Cite book |url=https://internal.imd.gov.in/press_release/20240831_pr_3233.pdf |title=IMD Press Release 7 |date=2024-08-31 |publisher=IMD}}

On 27 July 1944, a cyclone left some 20,000 people homeless in Karachi.{{cite web|url=http://www.ndma.gov.pk/Publications/livingwithdisasters.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709085830/http://www.ndma.gov.pk/Publications/livingwithdisasters.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-09 }}

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This significant storm killed 750 people and led to a loss of 30,000 cattle.{{cite journal|title=Disaster Vulnerability of Coastal States: A Short Case Study of Orissa, India|ssrn=1074845|page=4|author1=Dipankar C. Patnaik |author2=N. Sivagnanam |name-list-style=amp |date=November 2007|publisher=Social Science Research Network}}

3 Cyclonic storms came in the Vicinity of Mumbai {{Cite web|date=November 12, 2009|first=Prasad|last=Kulkarni|title=Phyan, first cyclonic storm to reach Mumbai in 43 years|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/phyan-first-cyclonic-storm-to-reach-mumbai-in-43-years/articleshow/5220913.cms|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}}

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A cyclonic storm lasted from May 17–19 before moving ashore current-day Bangladesh between Noakhali and Chittagong, killing 1,200 people and 20,000 cattle.{{cite journal|title=Cyclone and Bangladesh: A Historical and Environmental Overview from 1582 to 2020|author=Irin Hossain|author2=Ashekur Rahman Mullick|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344321172|date=September 2020|volume=25|issue=6|journal=International Medical Journal|accessdate=January 20, 2024}}

In 1948, a tropical storm made landfall along the Makran coast in Balochistan province in Pakistan.[http://indianweatherman.blogspot.com/2010/06/cyclone-history-for-karachi.html Indian Weather Man (IWM): Cyclone History for Karachi]{{Cite web |url=http://www.wxp.unisys.com/hurricane/n_indian/1948/index.html |title=Unisys Weather: 1948 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Northern Indian Ocean |access-date=2010-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717163226/http://www.wxp.unisys.com/hurricane/n_indian/1948/index.html |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead }}

On November 21, 1948 a strong cyclone struck Bombay (present-day Mumbai) Gusts in Juhu reached {{convert|151|km/h|mph m/s|disp=or}}.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-02|title=Cyclone Nisarga is not the 1st Cyclone for Mumbai, lets see the 1940 & 1948 Cyclones|url=https://www.tamilnaduweatherman.in/2020/06/02/cyclone-nisarga-is-not-the-1st-cyclone-for-mumbai-lets-see-the-1940-1948-cyclones/|access-date=2021-06-16|website=Tamil Nadu Weatherman|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043025/https://www.tamilnaduweatherman.in/2020/06/02/cyclone-nisarga-is-not-the-1st-cyclone-for-mumbai-lets-see-the-1940-1948-cyclones/|url-status=dead}} Torrential rains lashed the metropolis, The storm left 38 people dead and 47 missing {{Cite web|title=Cyclone Nisarga: When 1948 November storm left 38 dead and 47 missing in Bombay|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/cyclone-nisarga-when-1948-november-storm-left-38-dead-and-47-missing-in-bombay|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}} Mumbai wouldn't be hit again until 72 years later{{Cite web|date=2020-06-03|title=Cyclone Nisarga to hit coasts of Gujarat, Maharashtra today|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cyclone-nisarga-on-course-maha-and-guj-on-alert/story-D4YTiW2Z7CpKOn0pagLlQP.html|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}} The city was paralyzed, Trees were uprooted, The city reported {{convert|5|inch|mm|0|disp=or}} of rain in 24 hours{{Cite news|date=1948-11-23|title=Cyclone hits Bombay; isolates city|pages=1|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22707765|access-date=2021-06-16}} There was floods due to torrential rains and the power supply was disrupted, The Bombay station of All India Radio was also affected, and local transport came to a standstill, The fierce storm reportedly impacted Bombay for 20 hours and put the city in a Standstill {{Cite web|date=June 3, 2020|title=When 20-hour storm paralysed Bombay: Old-timers recall fury of cyclone which hit Mumbai in 1948|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/when-20-hour-storm-paralysed-bombay-old-timers-recall-fury-of-cyclone-which-hit-mumbai-in-1948-1685017-2020-06-03|access-date=2021-06-16|website=India Today|language=en}}{{clear}}

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On 28 October 1949, a severe cyclone struck the Andhra coast near Masulipatam. Lowest pressure reported was 976.9 mb and about 800 people lost their lives and thousands were left homeless as a result of the cyclone. Map showing the track of the cyclone was published by IMD.{{Cite web|title=Masulipatnam Cyclone-October, 1949|url=https://mausamjournal.imd.gov.in/index.php/MAUSAM/article/view/4493/4228}}{{Cite web|title=Analysis of the Masulipatam Cyclone of October 1949|url=https://mausamjournal.imd.gov.in/index.php/MAUSAM/article/view/4764/4489}}{{clear}}

• Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
• Pacific hurricane seasons: 1940, 1941, 1942–48, 1949
• Pacific typhoon seasons: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
• 1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
• 1940s Australian region cyclone seasons
• 1940s South Pacific cyclone seasons

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