Typhoon Songda (2004)
Typhoon Songda reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 26, 2004 and September 10, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 916 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Songda, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- August 26, 2004 to September 10, 2004
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 916 mb (27.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 44.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 160 kt (184 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 46 kt (53 mph)
- Identifier
- WP222004
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$500,000
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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Events recorded
- 2 in 2 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guam | 0 | 0 | $500,000 | 2 |
What was recorded
1 tropical storm, 1 hurricane (typhoon).
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 10.8N 170.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 10.8N 170.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 10.6N 169.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 10.6N 168.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 10.4N 168.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 10.7N 167.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 10.9N 166.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 11.1N 165.8E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 11.4N 164.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 12.0N 163.9E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 12.4N 162.9E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 12.8N 161.6E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 13.2N 160.2E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 13.7N 158.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 14.2N 157.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 14.6N 155.7E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 15.0N 154.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 15.4N 152.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 15.7N 151.5E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 16.0N 150.5E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 16.3N 149.5E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 16.7N 148.5E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 17.4N 147.7E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 17.9N 146.8E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 18.6N 146.1E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 19.7N 145.2E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 20.2N 143.7E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 20.8N 142.3E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 21.2N 141.0E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 21.5N 139.8E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 21.8N 138.5E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 21.9N 137.4E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 22.0N 136.3E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 22.2N 135.2E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 22.3N 134.1E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 22.8N 133.2E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 23.3N 132.1E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 24.0N 131.2E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 24.5N 130.4E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 25.0N 129.6E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 25.6N 129.0E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 26.2N 128.3E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 27.0N 127.9E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 27.6N 127.1E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 28.4N 127.1E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 29.2N 126.9E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 30.0N 127.4E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 31.1N 128.0E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 32.6N 129.4E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 35.3N 132.2E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 38.8N 135.9E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 42.0N 140.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 44.7N 140.2E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 46.0N 142.5E | 960 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 48.7N 146.1E | 968 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 50.3N 150.0E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 51.6N 153.9E | 974 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 53.0N 157.7E | 976 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 53.3N 162.4E | 978 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 53.6N 166.1E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 53.7N 169.0E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 53.3N 173.1E | 986 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 53.4N 177.5E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 53.5N 180.2E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2004
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon SudalWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon NidaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm OmaisWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon ConsonWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon ChanthuWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon DianmuWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MindulleWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon TingtingWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm KompasuWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon NamtheunWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm MalouWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MerantiWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon RananimWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm MalakasWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MegiWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon ChabaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon AereWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm SarikaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm HaimaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MeariWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon Ma-OnWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon TokageWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon Nock-TenWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MuifaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm MerbokWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon NanmadolWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm TalasWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm NoruWestern Pacific · 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.