Super Typhoon Guchol (2012)
Super Typhoon Guchol reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between June 10, 2012 and June 22, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Guchol, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2012 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 10, 2012 to June 22, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 23.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 37 kt (43 mph)
- Identifier
- WP052012
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 10, 00:00 | 6.1N 150.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 10, 06:00 | 6.9N 149.8E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 10, 12:00 | 7.7N 149.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 10, 18:00 | 8.6N 148.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 11, 00:00 | 9.3N 147.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 11, 06:00 | 9.6N 146.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 11, 12:00 | 9.6N 145.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 11, 18:00 | 9.6N 144.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 12, 00:00 | 9.6N 143.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 06:00 | 9.6N 142.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 12:00 | 9.6N 141.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 18:00 | 9.7N 141.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 00:00 | 9.9N 140.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 06:00 | 10.5N 139.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 12:00 | 10.8N 137.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 18:00 | 10.9N 136.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 14, 00:00 | 10.9N 135.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 14, 06:00 | 10.7N 133.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 14, 12:00 | 10.6N 132.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 10.4N 132.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 10.2N 131.5E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 10.7N 131.3E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 11.3N 130.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 11.9N 130.5E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 12.9N 130.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 14.0N 129.6E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 15.0N 128.8E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 16.2N 128.3E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 17.3N 127.7E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 18.4N 127.3E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 19.7N 127.1E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 21.0N 127.2E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 22.3N 127.4E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 23.9N 127.9E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 25.4N 128.8E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 27.3N 130.3E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 29.6N 131.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 32.5N 134.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 35.0N 137.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 37.3N 140.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 38.5N 143.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 39.5N 144.2E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 40.2N 145.2E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 40.9N 145.4E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 41.5N 145.7E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 42.0N 146.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 42.2N 146.3E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 42.3N 146.5E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 42.5N 146.7E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 42.7N 146.9E | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm PakharWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon MawarWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm TalimWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm DoksuriWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KhanunWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon VicenteWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon HaikuiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KirogiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon Kai-TakWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon TembinWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon SanbaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon JelawatWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm MariaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon BophaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm WukongWestern Pacific · 2012
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.