Super Typhoon Saomai (2006)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

August 4, 2006 to August 12, 2006

Peak strength

Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)

Lowest pressure

898 mb (26.52 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

20.1

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)

Overall size

210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

17 kt (20 mph)

Identifier

WP082006

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 5, 18:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

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

$5,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

2 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

2 tropical storm.

• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Typhoon ChanchuWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Tropical Storm JelawatWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Super Typhoon EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm BilisWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon KaemiWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 175 kt · 967 mb
• Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 170 kt · 972 mb
• Tropical Storm MariaWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm60 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm BophaWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm55 kt · 984 mb
• Tropical Storm WukongWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm55 kt · 984 mb
• Tropical Storm SonamuWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1002 mb
• Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 4120 kt · 922 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Super Typhoon YagiWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 5140 kt · 898 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Typhoon XangsaneWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm35 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Depression RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 996 mb
• Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 290 kt · 954 mb
• Super Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 5140 kt · 898 mb
• Typhoon ChebiWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Super Typhoon DurianWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 4135 kt · 904 mb
• Typhoon UtorWestern Pacific · 2006Cat 3100 kt · 944 mb
• Tropical Depression TramiWestern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Saomai