Typhoon Shanshan (2006)
Typhoon Shanshan reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 9, 2006 and September 19, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Shanshan, 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
- September 9, 2006 to September 19, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 24.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 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
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- WP142006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 13.8N 138.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 13.9N 137.9E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 14.5N 137.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 15.0N 136.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 15.8N 135.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 16.4N 135.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 17.0N 134.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 17.6N 134.3E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 18.0N 133.9E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 18.6N 133.5E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 19.1N 133.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 19.3N 132.6E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 19.5N 132.0E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 19.8N 131.5E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 20.0N 130.9E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 20.0N 130.0E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 20.1N 129.0E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 20.2N 128.3E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 20.3N 127.6E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 20.2N 126.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 20.2N 126.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 20.3N 125.4E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 20.5N 124.9E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 20.9N 124.5E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 21.5N 124.2E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 22.2N 124.0E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 23.1N 123.8E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 24.0N 123.8E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 24.9N 124.2E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 26.0N 124.9E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 27.2N 125.9E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 28.5N 127.0E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 30.3N 128.0E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 32.5N 129.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 34.1N 130.4E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 36.0N 131.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 37.1N 132.3E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 38.4N 133.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 40.1N 134.6E | 986 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 41.1N 135.1E | 988 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 41.9N 135.6E | 990 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 42.9N 136.5E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 43.7N 138.3E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 44.2N 140.2E | 992 mb | Extratropical |
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
- 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
- Super Typhoon DurianWestern 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.