Super Typhoon Haitang (2005)
Super Typhoon Haitang reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between July 10, 2005 and July 21, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 898 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Haitang, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 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
- July 10, 2005 to July 21, 2005
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 898 mb (26.52 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 28.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 245 nmi (454 km, 282 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- WP052005
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 21.9N 154.9E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 21.9N 154.2E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 22.1N 153.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 22.3N 153.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 22.7N 152.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 23.0N 151.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 23.3N 151.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 23.4N 151.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 23.4N 150.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 23.2N 149.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 22.9N 149.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 22.4N 148.3E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 21.8N 147.0E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 21.2N 145.7E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 20.6N 144.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 20.0N 142.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 19.8N 140.6E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 19.5N 138.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 19.4N 136.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 19.2N 135.0E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 19.3N 133.4E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 19.5N 131.9E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 19.9N 130.4E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 20.3N 129.0E | 135 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 20.7N 127.7E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 20.9N 126.5E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 21.5N 125.7E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 22.2N 124.9E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 23.0N 124.0E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 23.7N 122.9E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 23.4N 121.7E | 105 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 23.9N 121.7E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 24.3N 121.1E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 24.6N 120.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 25.0N 120.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 25.7N 120.1E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 26.6N 119.5E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 26.7N 118.9E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 27.3N 118.1E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 27.8N 117.6E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 28.0N 116.8E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 28.1N 116.2E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 28.2N 115.4E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 28.5N 114.5E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 28.8N 113.9E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2005
- Typhoon KulapWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon RokeWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SoncaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon NesatWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm NalgaeWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm BanyanWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm WashiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon MatsaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon MawarWestern Pacific · 2005
- Super Typhoon TalimWestern Pacific · 2005
- Super Typhoon NabiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon KhanunWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm VicenteWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon LongwangWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon KirogiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon Kai-TakWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm TembinWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2005
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.