Tropical Storm Talas (2004)
Tropical Storm Talas peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between December 9, 2004 and December 20, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Talas, 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
- December 9, 2004 to December 20, 2004
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 660 km (410 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 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
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- WP312004
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$1.0 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
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- 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 | $1.0 million | 1 |
What was recorded
1 tropical storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 6.1N 177.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 5.9N 175.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 5.9N 174.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 6.7N 172.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 7.7N 171.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 10, 06:00 | 8.4N 169.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 10, 12:00 | 8.6N 167.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 8.4N 165.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 8.6N 163.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 9.1N 161.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 9.5N 159.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 9.9N 157.4E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 10.0N 155.3E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 9.9N 153.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 9.7N 151.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 9.8N 149.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 10.1N 147.2E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 10.3N 145.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 10.5N 143.8E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 11.0N 142.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 11.3N 140.8E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 11.6N 139.3E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 11.8N 138.1E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 11.7N 137.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 11.4N 136.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 11.7N 135.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 11.9N 134.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 12.1N 133.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 12.1N 133.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 12.1N 132.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 12.6N 132.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 12.8N 131.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 13.2N 131.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 13.6N 131.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 14.3N 131.4E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 13.7N 131.2E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 14.6N 131.8E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 15.2N 130.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 16.0N 131.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 16.9N 131.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 17.8N 131.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 18.4N 130.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 19.1N 130.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 19.6N 130.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 19.9N 131.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 19.8N 133.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
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
- 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 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.