Typhoon Sanvu (2012)
Typhoon Sanvu reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between May 20, 2012 and May 30, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Typhoon Sanvu. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- May 20, 2012 to May 30, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 963 mb (28.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1061 km (659 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 28 kt (32 mph)
- Identifier
- WP032012
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$20,000
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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 2 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guam | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | 2 |
What was recorded
2 tropical storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 06:00 | 11.1N 148.0E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 20, 12:00 | 10.8N 147.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 20, 18:00 | 10.8N 146.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 21, 00:00 | 11.2N 146.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 21, 06:00 | 11.3N 145.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 21, 12:00 | 11.8N 145.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 21, 18:00 | 12.3N 144.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 00:00 | 13.4N 144.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 06:00 | 14.1N 143.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 12:00 | 14.7N 142.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 18:00 | 15.6N 141.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 00:00 | 16.3N 141.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 06:00 | 16.8N 140.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 12:00 | 17.4N 139.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 18:00 | 18.1N 139.3E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 24, 00:00 | 19.0N 139.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 24, 06:00 | 19.9N 139.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 24, 12:00 | 20.7N 138.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 18:00 | 21.5N 138.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 00:00 | 22.2N 139.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 06:00 | 23.0N 139.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 12:00 | 23.6N 139.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 18:00 | 24.1N 140.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 26, 00:00 | 24.6N 141.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 26, 06:00 | 25.0N 142.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 26, 12:00 | 25.6N 143.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 26, 18:00 | 26.1N 144.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 27, 00:00 | 26.8N 145.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 27, 06:00 | 27.6N 146.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 27, 12:00 | 28.5N 148.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 27, 18:00 | 29.8N 150.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| May 28, 00:00 | 30.9N 152.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 28, 06:00 | 31.4N 153.3E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 28, 12:00 | 31.8N 154.9E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 28, 18:00 | 32.6N 157.0E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 29, 00:00 | 34.0N 158.7E | 1010 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 29, 06:00 | 34.6N 160.7E | 1012 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 29, 12:00 | 35.2N 163.0E | 1014 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 29, 18:00 | 35.4N 164.0E | 1016 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 30, 00:00 | 35.4N 167.4E | 1016 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 30, 06:00 | 35.7N 169.1E | 1016 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 30, 12:00 | 35.5N 170.6E | 1016 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm PakharWestern 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 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.