Super Typhoon Sudal (2004)
Super Typhoon Sudal reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between April 2, 2004 and April 18, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 910 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Sudal, 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
- April 2, 2004 to April 18, 2004
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 910 mb (26.87 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 677 km (421 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 45.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 255 nmi (472 km, 293 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Identifier
- WP032004
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$14 million
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
- $14 million
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Events recorded
- 1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guam | 0 | 0 | $14 million | 1 |
What was recorded
1 hurricane (typhoon).
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 6.9N 153.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 6.7N 153.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 6.5N 152.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 6.3N 152.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 6.1N 152.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 6.1N 151.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 6.3N 151.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 6.4N 150.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 6.4N 150.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 6.5N 149.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 6.9N 149.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 7.4N 149.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 8.1N 149.1E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 8.9N 148.9E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 9.4N 148.3E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 9.5N 147.6E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 9.1N 146.9E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 9.1N 146.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 9.4N 145.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 10.0N 144.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 7, 00:00 | 10.1N 144.1E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 7, 06:00 | 10.1N 143.1E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 7, 12:00 | 9.7N 142.2E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 7, 18:00 | 9.4N 141.3E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 9.2N 140.6E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 8.9N 139.9E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 8.8N 139.1E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 9.0N 138.4E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 9.2N 138.0E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 9.6N 137.2E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 10.0N 136.5E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 10.4N 135.8E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 10.9N 135.1E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 11.4N 134.3E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 11.8N 133.5E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 12.4N 132.7E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 13.2N 132.2E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 13.7N 131.7E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 14.3N 131.4E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 14.8N 131.2E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 15.3N 131.0E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 15.8N 130.9E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 16.3N 131.1E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 16.7N 131.3E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 17.2N 131.6E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 17.8N 132.0E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 13, 12:00 | 18.6N 132.5E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 13, 18:00 | 19.5N 133.1E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 14, 00:00 | 20.5N 133.9E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 21.4N 135.1E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 22.3N 136.4E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 23.1N 137.8E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 23.8N 139.4E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 24.4N 141.0E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 25.2N 143.1E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 26.1N 144.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 27.5N 148.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 28.5N 150.8E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 29.0N 153.0E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 30.3N 157.8E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 32.7N 162.0E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Apr 17, 06:00 | 35.1N 168.0E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Apr 17, 12:00 | 37.5N 173.7E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Apr 17, 18:00 | 39.3N 180.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Apr 18, 00:00 | 41.5N 187.4E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2004
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern 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
- Typhoon SongdaWestern 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.