The 1986âÂÂ87 Australian region cyclone season was the latest starting Australian season on record. A below-average tropical cyclone season, it officially started on 1 November 1986, and officially ended on 30 April 1987, with the last system dissipating on 27 May.
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07S existed from 9 to 13 January 1987, in the northwest corner of the basin. While the system was not monitored by the Bureau of Meteorology, it was considered a tropical storm by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).
Connie, 15 to 23 January 1987. Made landfall over Port Hedland on 19 January. Moderate damage was reported in Port Hedland and Whim Creek.
Irma, 19 to 22 January 1987, Gulf of Carpentaria.
Damien, 30 January to 9 February 1987, near Western Australia.
Jason stuck the Northern Territory in February, 1987 damaging 20 buildings.
The precursor tropical low to Cyclone Veli formed during the next day, about to the south-east of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. During the next day, the low moved eastward and gradually developed further, before it became equivalent to a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale, as it reached its 10-minute sustained windspeeds of . As the system continued to move eastwards it crossed 160ðE and moved into the South Pacific basin during 7 February, before TCWC Nadi named it Veli later that day on the basis of satellite derived evidence.
On 21 February, Cyclone Elsie formed near Western Australia. The storm then made landfall near the same region. Catastrophic damage was reported at Mandora Station.
Kay lasted from 6 to 17 April 1987. The storm impacted Papua New Guinea and Western Australia.
Blanch, entered the Australian region basin on 22 May, and dissipated on 27 May 1987, off the east coast of Australia.
The precursor tropical low to Cyclone Uma formed within the region on 4 February, before it crossed 160ðE and moved into the South Pacific basin later that day.
|- | Connie || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Western Australia || || || || |- | Irma || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Western Australia, Northern Territory || || || || |- | Damien || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Western Australia || || || || |- | Uma || || bgcolor=#|Tropical Low || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || None || |- | Jason || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Northern Territory, Queensland || || || || |- | Veli || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || None || None || None || |- | Elsie || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Northern Territory, Western Australia || Significant || Significant || || |- | Kay || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Northern Territory, Western Australia || || || || |- | Blanch(e) || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Solomon Islands, Vanuatu || || || || |-