Super Typhoon Rammasun (2008)
Super Typhoon Rammasun reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between May 6, 2008 and May 14, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Rammasun, 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
- May 6, 2008 to May 14, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 408 km (254 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 28 kt (32 mph)
- Identifier
- WP032008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 18:00 | 7.2N 134.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| May 7, 00:00 | 7.0N 133.5E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| May 7, 06:00 | 7.4N 132.9E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 7, 12:00 | 7.7N 132.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 7, 18:00 | 7.9N 132.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 8, 00:00 | 8.2N 132.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 8, 06:00 | 8.7N 132.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 8, 12:00 | 9.4N 131.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 8, 18:00 | 10.3N 132.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 9, 00:00 | 11.2N 132.2E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 9, 06:00 | 12.0N 132.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 9, 12:00 | 12.8N 132.1E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| May 9, 18:00 | 13.6N 132.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| May 10, 00:00 | 14.5N 132.1E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| May 10, 06:00 | 15.6N 132.1E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| May 10, 12:00 | 16.9N 132.0E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 10, 18:00 | 18.2N 131.9E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 11, 00:00 | 19.5N 131.8E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 11, 06:00 | 20.8N 132.1E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| May 11, 12:00 | 22.1N 132.6E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| May 11, 18:00 | 23.7N 133.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 00:00 | 25.4N 134.6E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 06:00 | 27.4N 136.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 12:00 | 29.1N 138.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| May 12, 18:00 | 30.5N 140.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| May 13, 00:00 | 31.6N 142.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| May 13, 06:00 | 32.6N 144.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| May 13, 12:00 | 33.4N 146.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| May 13, 18:00 | 34.3N 147.4E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 14, 00:00 | 34.9N 149.9E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 14, 06:00 | 35.5N 152.2E | 1010 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2008 · 26 deaths
- 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
- 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.