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This is a list of all South Pacific Tropical cyclones that have had their names retired. Tropical cyclone names are retired by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in a bi-annual meeting. Those cyclones that have their names retired tend to be exceptionally destructive storms that often become household names in the regions they affected. Storm names are retired following a request made at the WMO meeting by one or more of the countries affected by a cyclone. tropical cyclone names have been retired since the start oftropical cyclone naming in the southern Pacific Ocean.
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This lists all retired Cyclones by their peak intensity, which is determined by measurements of the minimum central pressure. While the intensity of tropical cyclones is measured solely by central pressure, wind speeds are also estimated; the Australian Tropical cyclone intensity scale is used in the Southern Pacific basin to rank cyclones according to their strongest wind gust which are measured over 3-seconds.
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