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Cyclone may refer to several different things:

Meteorology

• A Cyclone is a low pressure system
• A tropical cyclone is a tropical storm, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere or Indian Ocean (in the North Atlantic and West Pacific they are usually called hurricanes, in the East Pacific typhoons)
• Cyclone may be used as a laymans term for a tornado, waterspout, or dust devil

Technology

• Caudron C.714 Cyclone , an unsuccessful French fighter aircraft which saw some use early in World War II.
• Wright Cyclone, a family of piston engines for aircraft in the 1930's and 1940's;
• CH-148 Cyclone is the Canadian Forces Air Command designation for the Sikorsky H-92 Superhawk Helicopter;
• Tsyklon Ukrainian expendable space rocket;
• USS Cyclone (PC-1), a coastal patrol ship of the United States Navy;
• Cyclonic separation, a method of removing particles from an air (or gas) stream;
• "The Cyclone" (AKA VeloCD), a line of CD burners manufactured by TDK Corporation;
• Cyclone is a programming language based on C;
• Cyclone is a family of FPGA's from Altera;
• Cyclone surveying software, by Leica Geosystems;
• CYCLONE, an early computer ;
• CYCLONE (CYClic Operations NEtwork), construction simulation software developed at Purdue University.

Sport

• Iowa State Cyclones, the Iowa State University sports teams
• Brooklyn Cyclones, a minor league baseball team
• Cincinnati Cyclones, a minor league hockey team
• Queensland Cyclones, a broomball team
• Cyclone Taylor, a legendary hockey player
• Cy Young, a baseball pitcher, ("Cy" is an abbreviated form of "Cyclone")

Motorcycles and Cars

• Cyclone motorcycle, manufactured by the Buell Motorcycle Company#Models
• The Cyclone is the name of the motorcycle used by fictional characters Kamen Rider 1 and Kamen Rider 2.
• The Cyclone is the name of the fictional high-tech motorcycle appeared in American Sci-Fi action movie "Cyclone".
• Mercury Cyclone, a former mid-size muscle-car in the Mercury line-up.
• Ford Cyclone engine, the codename of the Duratec 35.

Entertainment

• Cyclone (album), an album by Tangerine Dream.
• CyClones, a game made by Raven Software
• Cyclone (computer game), a computer game.
• Cyclone electric guitar, manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
• Cyclone Records, a record label
• Cyclone, a song by Dub Pistols
• Cyclone (song), a 2007 song by Baby Bash
• Cyclone (Baby Bash album), a 2007 album by Baby Bash
• Cyclone, a song by Japanese band 12012
• Cyclone (film), a 1987 film, starring Heather Thomas and Jeffrey Combs
• The Blackened death metal band Zyklon claims to have gotten their name from the word Cyclone.
• Cyclone (band), an '80s Thrash metal band from Belgium

Roller Coasters

• The Cyclone, a famous rollercoaster in Coney Island, New York
• Crystal Beach Cyclone, a famous rollercoaster at Crystal Beach, Ontario
• The Cyclone, a roller coaster at Dreamworld, Queensland, Australia. Formerly Luna Park Sydney's Big Dipper
• The Cyclone Coaster, a really fast rollercoaster at Sandspit Amusements in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
• The Cyclone Racer, a roller coaster at The Pike, Long Beach, California
• The Carolina Cyclone, a roller coaster at Carowinds near Charlotte, North Carolina
• The Georgia Cyclone, a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
• The Texas Cyclone, a roller coaster at Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, Texas

Comics

• Cyclone (DC Comics) is a Justice Society of America heroine
• Cyclone (Marvel Comics), a fictional Spider-Man villain
• Cyclone! an Australian superhero anthology comic book
• Cyclone (Robotech), a type of transformable infantry battle armor
• Cyclone II, a super villain

Place names

• Cyclone, Indiana, a small town in the United States

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