Super Typhoon Nanmadol (2011)
Super Typhoon Nanmadol reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between August 21, 2011 and August 31, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Nanmadol, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 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
- August 21, 2011 to August 31, 2011
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 145 nmi (269 km, 167 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- WP142011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 11.9N 128.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 12.6N 128.5E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 13.2N 128.2E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 13.9N 127.9E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 14.3N 127.7E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 15.6N 127.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 15.6N 127.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 15.6N 127.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 15.7N 127.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 15.7N 127.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 15.7N 127.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 15.9N 127.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 15.8N 126.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 15.8N 126.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 15.9N 126.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 16.1N 125.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 16.3N 125.2E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 16.5N 124.6E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 16.4N 124.2E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 16.7N 123.9E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 17.2N 123.6E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 17.6N 123.3E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 18.0N 122.7E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 18.1N 122.4E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 18.6N 122.0E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 19.2N 121.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 19.6N 121.5E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 20.2N 121.3E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 21.0N 121.1E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 21.6N 121.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 22.2N 120.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 22.7N 120.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 23.2N 120.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 23.5N 119.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 23.9N 119.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 24.1N 119.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 24.3N 119.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 24.4N 119.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 24.4N 119.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 24.7N 118.7E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 24.7N 117.9E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 24.4N 116.9E | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm AereWestern Pacific · 2011
- Super Typhoon SongdaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Depression SarikaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm HaimaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm MeariWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon Ma-OnWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Depression TokageWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon Nock-TenWestern Pacific · 2011
- Super Typhoon MuifaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon MerbokWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm TalasWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm NoruWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm KulapWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon RokeWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon SoncaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon NesatWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm HaitangWestern Pacific · 2011
- Super Typhoon NalgaeWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Depression BanyanWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm WashiWestern Pacific · 2011
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.