Super Typhoon Faxai (2001)
Super Typhoon Faxai reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between December 13, 2001 and December 26, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 879 mb. It killed 2 people, as Wikidata records it.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Super Typhoon Faxai. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
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The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 13, 2001 to December 26, 2001
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 155 kt (178 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 879 mb (25.96 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1339 km (832 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 32.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Identifier
- WP332001
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
1 deaths (1 direct, 0 indirect)$1.0 million
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Wikidata
2 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 1 (1 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- $450,000
- Events recorded
- 2 in 2 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guam | 1 | 0 | $1.0 million | 2 |
What was recorded
2 hurricane (typhoon).
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 4.2N 162.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 4.4N 162.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 4.8N 162.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 5.1N 162.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 5.1N 162.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 5.1N 162.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 5.1N 162.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 5.1N 162.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 5.2N 162.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 5.2N 161.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 5.3N 161.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 5.3N 161.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 5.4N 161.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 5.5N 161.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 5.6N 161.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 5.7N 161.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 5.8N 161.4E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 5.8N 161.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 5.8N 161.2E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 5.8N 161.3E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 5.7N 161.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 5.7N 161.7E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 5.8N 162.0E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 6.0N 162.2E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 6.1N 162.2E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 6.3N 162.1E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 6.6N 161.8E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 7.1N 161.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 7.7N 160.7E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 8.1N 159.8E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 8.6N 159.0E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 9.2N 158.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 9.9N 157.5E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 10.5N 156.7E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 11.1N 155.9E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 11.6N 155.0E | 135 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 12.3N 153.9E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 13.1N 152.7E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 13.9N 151.5E | 150 kt | 885 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 14.7N 150.2E | 155 kt | 879 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 15.6N 149.1E | 150 kt | 885 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 16.3N 148.1E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 17.3N 147.1E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 18.0N 146.5E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 19.1N 146.2E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 20.1N 146.3E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 21.6N 147.2E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 23.3N 149.0E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 25.2N 151.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 27.1N 153.9E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 29.1N 158.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 31.8N 162.3E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 32.1N 166.2E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 32.1N 168.5E | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm CimaronWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon ChebiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon DurianWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon UtorWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm TramiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon TorajiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm UsagiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon PabukWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Super Typhoon WutipWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm SepatWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm FitowWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon DanasWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon VipaWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon LekimaWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon HaiyanWestern Pacific · 2001
- Super Typhoon PodulWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon LinglingWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm KajikiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon VameiWestern Pacific · 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.