Typhoon Xangsane (2006)
Typhoon Xangsane reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 25, 2006 and October 2, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 916 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Xangsane, 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 25, 2006 to October 2, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 916 mb (27.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 21.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 155 nmi (287 km, 178 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- WP182006
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 25, 00:00 | 11.8N 129.1E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 11.5N 128.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 11.5N 128.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 11.6N 127.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 11.8N 127.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 11.9N 127.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 12.1N 126.8E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 12.2N 126.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 12.4N 125.5E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 12.8N 124.7E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 13.2N 123.6E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 13.5N 122.5E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 14.1N 121.6E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 14.8N 120.5E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 15.1N 119.6E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 15.2N 117.9E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 15.2N 116.6E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 15.4N 115.5E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 15.6N 114.4E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 15.5N 113.3E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 15.5N 112.3E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 15.7N 111.4E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 16.0N 110.5E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 16.0N 109.6E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 16.0N 108.6E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 15.7N 107.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 15.6N 106.2E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 14.9N 105.6E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 15.1N 104.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 15.7N 104.1E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 15.8N 103.8E | 1002 mb | Mixed |
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
- 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.