Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - Why are there no typhoons in the southern hemisphere?

Why are there no typhoons in the southern hemisphere?

In fact, there are typhoons in the southern hemisphere, but the number is really small.

The main reason why there are few typhoons in the southern hemisphere is that the land area in the southern hemisphere is small and scattered, and there is no giant high and low pressure center like Eurasia, so there are fewer and smaller tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere.

There are an average of 62 typhoons in the world every year, and there are many more typhoons in the western ocean than in the eastern ocean. Among them, the northwest Pacific is the most (accounting for more than 36%), while typhoons have not been found in the South Atlantic and Southeast Pacific.