Tropical Storm Carmen
The name Carmen has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, thirteen storms in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, one in the Southwest Indian Ocean, and twice in the Australian region.
Atlantic:
- Hurricane Carmen (1974), strongest storm of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season; hit the Yucatán Peninsula, then crossed the Gulf of Mexico and made a second landfall in southern Louisiana; killed 8 people and caused at least $162 million (USD) in damage
Pacific:
- Tropical Storm Carmen (1949) (01W)
- Tropical Storm Carmen (1952) (23W)
- Typhoon Carmen (1957) (11W), made landfall in southern China
- Typhoon Carmen (1960) (31W), largest eye of any tropical cyclone in recorded history, more than 200 miles (320 km) across; made landfall on South Korea as a 50 mph (80 km/h) tropical storm; 24 casualties and $2 million in damage (1960 USD)
- Typhoon Carmen (1963) (23W, Luding)
- Typhoon Carmen (1965) (35W, Anding), Category 5 super typhoon (ja)
- Typhoon Carmen (1968) (19W)
- Tropical Storm Carmen (1971) (T7129, 31W) - hit Japan (ja)
- Typhoon Carmen (1974) (Tering, 28W), hit Luzon just days after Typhoon Bess (Susang); second landfall on southeastern China; 25 fatalities, with damage estimated at $13 million (1974 USD)
- Typhoon Carmen (1978) (12W, Miding)
- Tropical Storm Carmen (1980) (01W), formed in the Central Pacific
- Tropical Storm Carmen (1983) (06W, Etang), formed about 370 km east of Vietnam; moved toward the Luzon Strait; eventually absorbed into Typhoon Abby (Diding)
- Typhoon Carmen (1986) (15W), passed between Rota and Saipan
Indian:
- Cyclone Carmen (1968) (06S)
Australian:
- Cyclone Carmen (1964) (25P)
- Cyclone Carmen (1971) (03S)
Europe:
- Cyclone Carmen (2010)
- St. Jude storm (2013), named Carmen by the European Windstorm Centre
- Storm Carmen (2017)
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