Typhoon Malakas (2010)
Typhoon Malakas reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 19, 2010 and September 28, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Malakas, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2010 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 19, 2010 to September 28, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 299 km (186 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Identifier
- WP132010
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guam | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
1 tropical storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 15.4N 149.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 17.0N 148.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 17.8N 147.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 18.2N 146.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 18.4N 145.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 18.3N 145.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 18.1N 145.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 18.4N 144.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 18.9N 144.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 19.3N 143.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 19.3N 142.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 19.5N 142.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 19.6N 141.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 19.7N 141.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 19.9N 141.2E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 20.8N 141.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 21.9N 140.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 23.0N 140.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 24.4N 140.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 26.3N 141.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 28.5N 141.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 31.1N 142.6E | 80 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 34.2N 144.3E | 75 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 37.6N 146.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 39.3N 148.1E | 966 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 41.5N 150.6E | 966 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 43.8N 153.4E | 968 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 46.3N 156.3E | 970 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 48.4N 159.0E | 970 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 50.3N 162.6E | 970 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 51.9N 165.8E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 53.1N 169.5E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 53.6N 173.2E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 54.3N 178.7E | 974 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 54.7N 184.1E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm OmaisWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon ConsonWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon ChanthuWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm DianmuWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon MindulleWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm LionrockWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon KompasuWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm NamtheunWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm MalouWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon MerantiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon FanapiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Super Typhoon MegiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon ChabaWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm JalWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm OmekaWestern Pacific · 2010
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.