Super Typhoon Sanba (2012)
Super Typhoon Sanba reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 10, 2012 and September 18, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 907 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Sanba, 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
- September 10, 2012 to September 18, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 155 kt (178 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 907 mb (26.78 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 26.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 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
- 262 nmi (485 km, 302 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 31 kt (36 mph)
- Identifier
- WP172012
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 10, 00:00 | 8.6N 134.8E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 7.4N 135.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 8.2N 135.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 9.0N 135.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 10.1N 134.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 11.2N 133.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 11.9N 133.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 12.1N 132.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 12.5N 131.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 13.0N 131.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 13.5N 130.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 14.1N 130.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 14.8N 129.8E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 15.6N 129.5E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 16.4N 129.6E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 17.2N 129.7E | 155 kt | 907 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 18.1N 129.7E | 155 kt | 907 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 19.1N 129.8E | 150 kt | 911 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 20.2N 129.8E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 21.3N 129.5E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 22.3N 129.1E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 23.4N 128.8E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 24.5N 128.5E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 25.6N 128.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 27.0N 128.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 28.8N 128.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 30.6N 127.8E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 32.4N 127.8E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 34.2N 128.1E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 36.3N 128.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 38.7N 129.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 41.0N 130.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 42.6N 133.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 45.9N 134.1E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 47.4N 134.1E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 48.0N 135.0E | 1002 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
- Super Typhoon GucholWestern 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 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.