The 2000 season

Typhoon Xangsane (2000)

Typhoon Xangsane reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 24, 2000 and November 2, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Xangsane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
October 24, 2000 to November 2, 2000
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.3
Fastest the center moved
39 kt (45 mph)
Identifier
WP302000

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 24, 18:008.3N 139.3E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:008.4N 138.1E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:008.6N 137.2E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 25, 12:009.0N 136.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 25, 18:009.4N 134.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 26, 00:009.8N 132.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 26, 06:0010.2N 131.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0010.6N 130.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0011.2N 129.1E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0011.9N 128.1E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Oct 27, 06:0012.4N 126.3E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Oct 27, 12:0013.2N 124.9E70 kt975 mbTyphoon
Oct 27, 18:0013.7N 123.6E75 kt975 mbTyphoon
Oct 28, 00:0013.9N 122.5E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Oct 28, 06:0014.2N 121.5E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Oct 28, 12:0014.6N 120.6E65 kt990 mbTyphoon
Oct 28, 18:0015.2N 119.9E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 00:0015.8N 119.0E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 06:0015.8N 118.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 12:0016.0N 118.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 18:0016.2N 118.1E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Oct 30, 00:0016.4N 118.3E90 kt965 mbTyphoon
Oct 30, 06:0016.8N 118.7E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Oct 30, 12:0017.3N 119.2E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Oct 30, 18:0018.0N 119.5E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Oct 31, 00:0018.6N 119.7E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Oct 31, 06:0019.6N 120.1E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Oct 31, 12:0020.9N 120.6E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Oct 31, 18:0022.6N 121.3E85 kt965 mbTyphoon
Nov 1, 00:0024.3N 122.1E80 kt975 mbTyphoon
Nov 1, 06:0026.2N 123.1E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Nov 1, 12:0028.8N 125.6E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 18:0031.9N 129.4E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0032.7N 131.8E1006 mbExtratropical
Nov 2, 06:0033.4N 134.9E1006 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2000

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.