The 2004 season

Typhoon Nock-Ten (2004)

Typhoon Nock-Ten reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between October 13, 2004 and October 27, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nock-Ten, 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
October 13, 2004 to October 27, 2004
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
933 mb (27.55 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
30.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
Overall size
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
135 kt (155 mph)
Fastest the center moved
38 kt (44 mph)
Identifier
WP282004

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 20, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA Storm Events

0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded

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.

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
0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
Injuries
0
Property damage
none recorded
Crop damage
none recorded
Events recorded
1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine areaDeathsInjuriesDamageEvents
Guam001

What was recorded

1 high wind.

Wind reports

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

WindHowWhereStateTime (UTC)
51 kt (59 mph)MeasuredGuamGuamOct 21, 10:51

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 13, 18:008.5N 163.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Oct 14, 00:009.2N 162.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 14, 06:0010.1N 161.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 14, 12:0010.6N 160.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 14, 18:0011.1N 160.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 15, 00:0011.6N 160.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 15, 06:0011.5N 159.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 15, 12:0011.4N 158.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 15, 18:0011.1N 158.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 16, 00:0011.1N 157.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 16, 06:0011.0N 156.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0010.9N 155.6E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0010.8N 155.0E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0010.8N 154.4E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0010.8N 153.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0010.7N 153.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Oct 17, 18:0010.5N 152.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Oct 18, 00:0010.4N 152.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Oct 18, 06:0010.2N 151.7E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Oct 18, 12:0010.0N 150.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Oct 18, 18:0010.0N 149.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Oct 19, 00:009.7N 148.6E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Oct 19, 06:009.7N 147.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 19, 12:0010.0N 147.0E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 19, 18:0010.2N 146.1E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 20, 00:0010.7N 145.1E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 20, 06:0011.6N 144.1E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 20, 12:0011.9N 142.7E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 20, 18:0012.7N 141.7E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 21, 00:0013.4N 140.6E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 21, 06:0013.7N 139.4E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 21, 12:0014.1N 138.3E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 21, 18:0014.7N 137.4E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 22, 00:0015.3N 136.5E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 22, 06:0015.9N 135.6E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 22, 12:0016.4N 134.7E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 22, 18:0016.9N 133.8E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 23, 00:0017.4N 132.3E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 23, 06:0018.0N 130.9E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 23, 12:0018.6N 129.3E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 23, 18:0019.3N 127.7E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 24, 00:0020.0N 126.0E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 24, 06:0020.7N 124.5E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 24, 12:0021.7N 123.2E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 24, 18:0022.6N 122.5E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 25, 00:0024.2N 122.3E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 25, 06:0025.4N 121.9E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 25, 12:0026.6N 122.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Oct 25, 18:0027.5N 123.6E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Oct 26, 00:0028.4N 126.1E60 kt980 mbExtratropical
Oct 26, 06:0029.1N 129.5E45 kt991 mbExtratropical
Oct 26, 12:0029.6N 133.0E45 kt991 mbExtratropical
Oct 26, 18:0030.7N 138.5E1006 mbExtratropical
Oct 27, 00:0031.5N 141.9E1010 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.