Aere was a TS tropical cyclone that formed in the Philippine Sea in 2004. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 148 km/h (80 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 955 hPa. Tracking across the Philippine Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The storm traveled from approximately 9.2°115.1° to 25.5°146.5°, crossing a range of 16 latitude and 31 longitude.