Typhoon Hagupit (2008)
Typhoon Hagupit reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 17, 2008 and September 25, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Hagupit, 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
- September 17, 2008 to September 25, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 290 nmi (537 km, 334 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- WP182008
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 17, 12:00 | 17.4N 142.9E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 17.0N 141.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 16.7N 140.6E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 16.4N 139.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 15.9N 138.1E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 15.4N 136.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 14.8N 135.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 14.1N 134.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 13.6N 132.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 13.3N 131.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 14.0N 130.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 14.1N 129.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 14.5N 129.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 15.7N 128.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 16.5N 127.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 17.3N 126.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 18.1N 125.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 18.7N 124.4E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 19.0N 123.4E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 19.3N 122.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 19.5N 120.9E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 19.8N 119.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 20.1N 117.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 20.4N 115.5E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 20.7N 114.0E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 21.1N 112.4E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 21.5N 110.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 21.7N 109.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 22.2N 108.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 22.4N 107.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 22.5N 106.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 22.8N 105.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 22.4N 104.7E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 22.3N 103.4E | 1000 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 FengshenWestern 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
- 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.