Typhoon Fengshen (2008)
Typhoon Fengshen reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between June 17, 2008 and June 27, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 941 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Fengshen, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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
- June 17, 2008 to June 27, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 941 mb (27.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 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
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- WP072008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 7.5N 135.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 7.8N 134.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 8.2N 134.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 8.7N 133.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 9.1N 133.2E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 9.4N 132.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 9.7N 131.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 9.8N 130.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 10.1N 129.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 10.4N 128.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 10.7N 127.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 11.1N 126.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 11.5N 125.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 11.6N 124.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 11.6N 123.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 11.9N 122.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 12.4N 122.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 13.0N 121.9E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 13.9N 121.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 14.7N 121.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 15.7N 120.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 16.4N 119.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 16.6N 118.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 23, 00:00 | 16.9N 117.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 23, 06:00 | 17.3N 117.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 23, 12:00 | 17.9N 116.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 23, 18:00 | 18.6N 116.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 24, 00:00 | 19.6N 115.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 24, 06:00 | 20.5N 115.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 24, 12:00 | 21.4N 115.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 24, 18:00 | 22.2N 114.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 25, 00:00 | 22.7N 114.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 25, 06:00 | 23.0N 113.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 25, 12:00 | 23.3N 113.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 25, 18:00 | 23.7N 113.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 26, 00:00 | 25.0N 113.7E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 06:00 | 25.3N 114.3E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 12:00 | 25.9N 114.6E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 18:00 | 26.3N 115.1E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 27.3N 115.6E | 1002 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2008 · 26 deaths
- Super Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MatmoWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NakriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon KalmaegiWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm VongfongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NuriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2008
- Super Typhoon JangmiWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm HigosWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm BaviWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MaysakWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm NoulWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm HaishenWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon DolphinWestern Pacific · 2008
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.