The 2004 season

Super Typhoon Nida (2004)

Super Typhoon Nida reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between May 13, 2004 and May 22, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 898 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Nida, 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
May 13, 2004 to May 22, 2004
Peak strength
Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure
898 mb (26.52 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
30.0
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
43 kt (49 mph)
Identifier
WP042004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 13, 00:007.3N 131.8E15 kt1006 mbTropical depression
May 13, 06:007.5N 132.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 13, 12:007.8N 132.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 13, 18:008.2N 132.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 14, 00:008.4N 131.7E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
May 14, 06:008.6N 131.3E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 14, 12:008.9N 131.0E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
May 14, 18:009.3N 130.5E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
May 15, 00:009.5N 129.9E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
May 15, 06:009.8N 129.1E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
May 15, 12:0010.2N 128.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
May 15, 18:0010.7N 127.8E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
May 16, 00:0011.2N 127.0E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
May 16, 06:0011.9N 126.4E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
May 16, 12:0012.6N 125.7E140 kt898 mbSuper typhoon
May 16, 18:0013.4N 124.8E140 kt898 mbSuper typhoon
May 17, 00:0013.9N 124.3E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
May 17, 06:0014.6N 123.9E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
May 17, 12:0015.4N 123.7E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
May 17, 18:0016.1N 123.6E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
May 18, 00:0016.9N 123.6E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
May 18, 06:0017.6N 123.7E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
May 18, 12:0018.3N 124.0E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
May 18, 18:0019.2N 124.5E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
May 19, 00:0020.2N 125.2E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
May 19, 06:0021.3N 126.6E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
May 19, 12:0022.5N 128.1E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
May 19, 18:0023.8N 129.9E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
May 20, 00:0025.3N 131.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
May 20, 06:0026.9N 134.4E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
May 20, 12:0028.9N 137.0E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
May 20, 18:0030.5N 140.3E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 21, 00:0033.8N 143.3E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 21, 06:0037.7N 146.0E45 kt991 mbExtratropical
May 21, 12:0038.7N 147.0E986 mbExtratropical
May 21, 18:0039.7N 148.0E992 mbExtratropical
May 22, 00:0040.6N 148.5E996 mbExtratropical
May 22, 06:0040.8N 149.2E1000 mbExtratropical
May 22, 12:0040.5N 150.6E1004 mbExtratropical
May 22, 18:0040.5N 151.2E1008 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.