The 2001 season

Typhoon Durian (2001)

Typhoon Durian reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between June 29, 2001 and July 3, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 967 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Durian, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 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
June 29, 2001 to July 3, 2001
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
967 mb (28.56 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.1
Fastest the center moved
12 kt (14 mph)
Identifier
WP052001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 29, 00:0015.0N 117.8E20 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jun 29, 06:0015.4N 117.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jun 29, 12:0015.8N 116.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jun 29, 18:0016.3N 116.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jun 30, 00:0016.7N 115.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 06:0017.3N 115.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 12:0018.1N 114.3E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 18:0018.9N 113.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 00:0019.2N 112.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 06:0019.7N 112.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 1, 12:0020.3N 111.5E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 1, 18:0020.9N 110.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 2, 00:0021.3N 109.8E75 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 2, 06:0021.7N 108.7E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 2, 12:0022.1N 108.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 18:0022.5N 107.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 00:0022.9N 106.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 3, 06:0023.5N 106.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 3, 12:0022.8N 104.5E996 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 2001

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.