The 2004 season

Typhoon Mindulle (2004)

Typhoon Mindulle reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between June 21, 2004 and July 5, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 916 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Mindulle, 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
June 21, 2004 to July 5, 2004
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
916 mb (27.05 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
23.4
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
185 nmi (343 km, 213 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
Overall size
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
150 kt (173 mph)
Fastest the center moved
23 kt (26 mph)
Identifier
WP102004

Radar at RKJK as it neared land, Jul 4, 12:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 21, 18:0013.0N 147.3E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jun 22, 00:0013.7N 147.2E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jun 22, 06:0014.3N 146.8E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jun 22, 12:0014.7N 146.2E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jun 22, 18:0015.1N 145.5E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jun 23, 00:0015.6N 144.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jun 23, 06:0016.2N 143.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jun 23, 12:0016.8N 142.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0017.0N 141.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 00:0017.1N 140.0E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0016.4N 138.5E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0015.8N 137.1E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0015.4N 135.9E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0015.1N 134.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0015.1N 133.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 12:0015.0N 133.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 18:0015.0N 132.3E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 00:0015.0N 131.3E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 06:0015.1N 130.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0015.4N 129.7E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 18:0015.8N 129.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0016.3N 128.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 06:0016.8N 127.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jun 27, 12:0017.3N 127.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jun 27, 18:0017.8N 126.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jun 28, 00:0018.1N 126.0E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Jun 28, 06:0018.3N 125.5E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Jun 28, 12:0018.5N 125.0E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Jun 28, 18:0018.6N 124.5E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Jun 29, 00:0018.7N 124.0E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Jun 29, 06:0018.8N 123.5E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Jun 29, 12:0018.9N 123.1E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Jun 29, 18:0019.0N 122.7E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Jun 30, 00:0019.1N 122.3E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Jun 30, 06:0019.3N 121.9E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Jun 30, 12:0019.9N 122.1E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jun 30, 18:0020.7N 122.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 1, 00:0021.6N 121.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 1, 06:0022.4N 121.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 1, 12:0023.3N 121.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 1, 18:0024.1N 121.6E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 00:0024.8N 121.5E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 06:0025.2N 121.0E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 12:0026.1N 121.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 18:0027.0N 120.9E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 00:0027.9N 121.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 06:0028.7N 121.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 12:0030.3N 122.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 18:0031.8N 123.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 4, 00:0033.5N 124.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 4, 06:0034.9N 125.2E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Jul 4, 12:0036.4N 126.5E986 mbExtratropical
Jul 4, 18:0038.3N 127.7E988 mbExtratropical
Jul 5, 00:0039.4N 129.4E992 mbExtratropical
Jul 5, 06:0040.3N 130.9E994 mbExtratropical
Jul 5, 12:0042.1N 132.8E996 mbExtratropical
Jul 5, 18:0044.3N 133.4E1000 mbExtratropical

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.