Super Typhoon Durian (2006)
Super Typhoon Durian reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 24, 2006 and December 9, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 904 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Durian, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 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
- November 24, 2006 to December 9, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 904 mb (26.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 24.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 150 kt (173 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- WP242006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 12:00 | 6.1N 149.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 24, 18:00 | 6.4N 148.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 7.1N 147.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 25, 06:00 | 7.8N 147.1E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 25, 12:00 | 8.3N 146.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 25, 18:00 | 9.0N 145.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 26, 00:00 | 9.5N 144.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 26, 06:00 | 9.7N 142.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 12:00 | 10.2N 141.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 18:00 | 10.5N 140.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 00:00 | 10.6N 139.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 06:00 | 10.8N 138.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 12:00 | 10.9N 137.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 18:00 | 10.8N 136.1E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 00:00 | 11.4N 134.3E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 06:00 | 11.7N 133.0E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 12:00 | 12.1N 131.6E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 28, 18:00 | 12.6N 130.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 29, 00:00 | 12.8N 128.6E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 29, 06:00 | 13.1N 127.3E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 29, 12:00 | 13.3N 126.2E | 135 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 29, 18:00 | 13.3N 125.4E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 30, 00:00 | 13.4N 124.5E | 135 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 30, 06:00 | 13.5N 123.5E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 30, 12:00 | 13.5N 122.4E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 30, 18:00 | 13.5N 121.2E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 13.5N 120.0E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 13.6N 119.2E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 13.6N 118.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 13.6N 117.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 13.7N 117.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 2, 06:00 | 13.8N 116.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 2, 12:00 | 14.0N 115.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 2, 18:00 | 13.9N 114.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 3, 00:00 | 13.8N 113.9E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 13.7N 113.2E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 13.4N 112.6E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 13.0N 112.0E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 12.3N 111.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 11.7N 110.4E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 10.9N 109.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 10.5N 108.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 10.0N 106.9E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 9.3N 105.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 8.6N 104.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 8.6N 102.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 9.0N 101.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 9.5N 99.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 9.9N 98.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 10.2N 97.1E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 10.4N 95.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 10.7N 94.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 10.7N 93.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 10.7N 92.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 10.7N 91.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 10.8N 89.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 10.9N 88.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 11.1N 87.3E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 11.2N 86.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 11.4N 84.5E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 11.5N 83.3E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 11.7N 81.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon ChanchuWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm JelawatWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm BilisWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon KaemiWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm MariaWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon SaomaiWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm BophaWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm WukongWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm SonamuWestern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon YagiWestern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon XangsaneWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Depression RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon ChebiWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon UtorWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Depression TramiWestern Pacific · 2006
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.