 This is a list of tropical cyclones that have either made direct landfall in Western Africa and its surrounding islands or have come close to making landfall.The Cape Verde Islands has only one tropical cyclone monitoring station in Sal.In Western Africa, there are three tropical cyclone monitoring stations in Dakar, Senegal, Bamako, Mali and Niamey, Niger

At least 31 tropical cyclones have affected Western Africa and its surrounding islands since records began in 1851.