The 2004 season

Typhoon Aere (2004)

Typhoon Aere reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between August 17, 2004 and August 31, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 954 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Aere, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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
August 17, 2004 to August 31, 2004
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
954 mb (28.17 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.4
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
Overall size
150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
105 kt (121 mph)
Fastest the center moved
30 kt (35 mph)
Identifier
WP202004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 17, 18:009.4N 146.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 18, 00:009.2N 144.7E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 18, 06:009.9N 143.0E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 18, 12:0010.5N 141.3E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 18, 18:0010.7N 139.8E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 19, 00:0010.9N 138.3E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Aug 19, 06:0011.2N 136.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 12:0012.1N 136.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 18:0013.2N 136.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 00:0014.2N 135.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0015.2N 135.9E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0016.0N 135.3E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0016.7N 134.5E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0017.5N 133.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0018.2N 132.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0018.9N 131.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 18:0019.6N 130.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 00:0020.3N 129.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 06:0021.0N 128.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 12:0021.6N 127.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 18:0022.2N 127.0E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0022.8N 126.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0023.3N 125.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 12:0023.8N 125.0E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 18:0024.4N 124.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 00:0024.9N 124.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 06:0025.3N 123.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 12:0025.5N 122.9E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 18:0025.6N 122.2E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 00:0025.6N 121.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 06:0025.6N 120.4E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 12:0025.3N 119.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 18:0024.7N 118.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 00:0024.2N 117.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0023.9N 116.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0023.8N 115.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 18:0023.1N 114.5E992 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0022.8N 113.6E994 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0022.7N 113.2E994 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0022.6N 112.9E994 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0022.5N 112.6E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0022.4N 112.3E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0022.2N 112.2E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0021.5N 111.2E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0021.4N 110.7E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0021.6N 110.6E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0021.7N 110.6E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0021.7N 110.1E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0021.6N 109.7E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 00:0021.6N 109.7E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 06:0021.8N 109.7E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 12:0021.8N 109.6E998 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 18:0021.4N 108.9E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 00:0021.0N 108.4E1002 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 2004

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.