Tropical cyclone naming
History
Before the formal start of naming, tropical cyclones were often named after places, objects, or saints' feast days on which they occurred.

Tropical cyclone naming

Section Title: History
Table Section Text: Before the formal start of naming, tropical cyclones were often named after places, objects, or saints' feast days on which they occurred.

Tropical cyclone naming institutions

Basin	Institution	Area of responsibility

Northern Hemisphere

North Atlantic Eastern Pacific	United States National Hurricane Center	Equator northward, African Coast – 140°W

Central Pacific	United States Central Pacific Hurricane Center	Equator northward, 140°W - 180°

Western Pacific	Japan Meteorological Agency PAGASA (Unofficial)	Equator – 60°N, 180 – 100°E 5°N – 21°N, 115°E – 135°E

North Indian Ocean	India Meteorological Department	Equator northward, 100°E – 45°E

Southern Hemisphere

South-West Indian Ocean	Mauritius Meteorological Services Météo Madagascar	Equator – 40°S, 55°E – 90°E Equator – 40°S, African Coast – 55°E

Australian region	Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Papua New Guinea National Weather Service Australian Bureau of Meteorology	Equator – 10°S, 90°E – 141°E Equator – 10°S, 141°E – 160°E 10°S – 36°S, 90°E – 160°E

Southern Pacific	Fiji Meteorological Service Meteorological Service of New Zealand	Equator – 25°S, 160°E – 120°W 25°S – 40°S, 160°E – 120°W

South Atlantic	Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center (Unofficial)	Equator – 35°S, Brazilian Coast – 20°W

Sentence(s)

A tropical cyclone between the equator – 10°S and 141°E – 160°E will be named by the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service (NWS).

final_sentence: A tropical cyclone between the equator – 10°S and 141°E – 160°E will be named by the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service (NWS).