A cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion characterized by inwardly spiraling winds.

Cyclone may also refer to:

Places

  • Cyclone, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  • Cyclone, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Cyclone, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  • Cyclone, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
  • Cyclone, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Cyclone Lake, a lake in Utah

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Cyclone (DC Comics), a Justice Society of America heroine
  • Cyclone (Marvel Comics), a fictional Spider-Man villain
  • Cyclone, a type of transformable powered armor for infantry in the Robotech universe
  • The Cyclone, a fictional motorcycle used by Kamen Rider 1

Films

  • The Cyclone (1920 film), an American drama film by Clifford Smith
  • Cyclone (1978 film), a film starring Arthur Kennedy and Carroll Baker
  • Cyclone (1987 film), a science fiction film featuring Heather Thomas, Jeffrey Combs and Martin Landau
  • The Cyclone (1996 film), an Italian film

Games

  • Cyclone (pinball), a 1988 pinball game by Williams
  • Cyclone (video game), a 1985 computer game for the ZX Spectrum
  • CyClones, a video game by Raven Software

Music

Albums

  • Cyclone (Tangerine Dream album)
  • Cyclone (Baby Bash album) (2007)

Songs

  • "Cyclone" (song), a 2007 song by Baby Bash
  • "Cyclone", a 2009 song by Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers from Levitate
  • "Cyclone", a song by Dub Pistols
  • "Cyclone", a song by 12012
  • "Cyclone", a song by StillWell
  • "Cyclone", a song by Pinegrove from 11:11 (2022)

Other music

  • Fender Cyclone, an electric guitar
  • The Cyclones, a New York City rock and roll band in the late 1970s and early 1980s

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Cyclone!, a 1985 Australian superhero anthology comic book

Computing and technology

  • Cyclone (programming language), a C-derived programming language
  • Cyclonic separation, used for separation of solids from a gas
  • Cyclone (computer), an early vacuum tube computer
  • Cyclone, a family of field-programmable gate arrays from Altera, now part of Intel's Programmable Solutions Group
  • ACA Cyclone, a civil defense siren
  • 38th Infantry Division (United States), nicknamed Cyclone
  • Caudron C.714 Cyclone, an unsuccessful French fighter aircraft which saw some use early in World War II
  • French ship Cyclone, one of several French navy ships named Cyclone
  • Operation Cyclone, a CIA program to arm and finance Afghan mujahideen (1979–1989)
  • Operation Cyclone, the Allied World War II assault on the Pacific island of Noemfoor, part of the Battle of Noemfoor
  • Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone, Canadian Forces Air Command designation for the Sikorsky H-92 Superhawk helicopter
  • USS Cyclone (PC-1), a United States Navy coastal patrol ship
  • Cyclone-class patrol ship
  • Cyclone (rifle), one of three models manufactured by British company Steel Core Designs

Roller coasters

  • Cyclone (Dreamworld), a roller coaster at Dreamworld, Queensland, Australia
  • Cyclone (Lakeside Amusement Park), a wooden roller coaster at Lakeside Amusement Park in Denver, Colorado
  • Cyclone (Palisades Amusement Park), a pair of roller coasters that formerly operated at Palisades Amusement Park in Bergen County, New Jersey
  • Cyclone (Revere Beach), a roller coaster formerly at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts
  • Cyclone, a roller coaster formerly at Geauga Lake, Aurora, Ohio
  • Cyclone, a roller coaster formerly at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio
  • Carolina Cyclone, a roller coaster at Carowinds near Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Coney Island Cyclone, a roller coaster in Coney Island, New York
  • Crystal Beach Cyclone, a roller coaster at Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada
  • Cyclone Coaster, a roller coaster at Sandspit Entertainment Cavendish Beach in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • Cyclone Racer, a twin track roller coaster at The Pike, Long Beach, California
  • Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters, a model line of steel-framed wood roller coasters designed by Harry Traver
  • Sesquicentennial Cyclone, a roller coaster formerly operated at the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition as well as other locations
  • Texas Cyclone, a former roller coaster at the defunct Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, Texas
  • Twisted Cyclone, a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Wicked Cyclone, a roller coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts

Sports teams

Australia

  • Cairns Cyclones, an Australian former rugby league club (1996–2000)
  • Queensland Cyclones, a broomball team

Canada

  • Cypress Cyclones, a Junior ice hockey franchise from Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
  • Listowel Cyclones, a Junior ice hockey team based in Listowel, Ontario
  • Tamworth Cyclones, a former Junior ice hockey team based in Tamworth, Ontario

United States

  • Brooklyn Cyclones, a minor league baseball team
  • Cincinnati Cyclones, a minor league hockey team
  • Connecticut Cyclones, a team of the Women's Football Alliance
  • H-Town Texas Cyclones, a former Independent Women's Football League team based in Houston, Texas
  • Iowa State Cyclones, the Iowa State University sports teams
  • Jacksonville Cyclones, a defunct American soccer team
  • Twin City Cyclones, a former minor league ice hockey team based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Elsewhere

  • Cyclones of Chittagong, a Bangladeshi cricket team
  • Zhejiang Cyclones or Zhejiang Golden Bulls, a Chinese Basketball Association team

Transportation

Air

  • St-Just Cyclone, a Canadian kit aircraft
  • Wright Cyclone series, a family of piston engines for aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s

Land

  • Cyclone (motorcycle), manufactured from 1912 through 1917
  • Buell M2 Cyclone, a model of Buell Motorcycle Company motorcycle produced from 1997 to 2003
  • Cadillac Cyclone, a 1959 concept car designed by Harley Earl
  • Ford Cyclone engine, the codename of the Duratec 35
  • Mercury Cyclone, a former mid-size muscle car
  • Raleigh Cyclone, a model of mountain bike

Sea

  • Capri Cyclone, an American sailing dinghy design

Other uses

  • Cyclone fence, a type of wire-mesh fence
  • Cyclone (nickname)
  • Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone, an organic chemical

See also

  • GMC Syclone, a high-performance version of the GMC Sonoma pickup truck
  • Psyclone (roller coaster), a former roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, Santa Clarita, California
  • Tsyklon, a Ukrainian expendable space rocket
  • Zyklon
  • Tornado