Typhoon Danas (2013)
Typhoon Danas reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 1, 2013 and October 9, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Danas, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
- October 1, 2013 to October 9, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 933 mb (27.55 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 71 km (44 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 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
- 17 nmi (31 km, 20 mi)
- Overall size
- 230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 105 kt (121 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Identifier
- WP232013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 18.1N 151.5E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 17.9N 151.6E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 17.7N 151.8E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 17.4N 151.7E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 17.4N 151.3E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 17.3N 150.7E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 17.0N 150.4E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 16.4N 149.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 16.4N 149.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 16.3N 149.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 16.0N 148.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 15.9N 147.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 16.2N 146.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 16.8N 145.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 17.3N 144.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 17.9N 143.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 18.2N 142.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 18.8N 141.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 19.5N 139.6E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 20.3N 138.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 21.1N 136.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 21.9N 134.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 22.8N 133.4E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 24.0N 131.8E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 25.2N 130.2E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 26.6N 128.8E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 28.1N 127.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 29.6N 127.0E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 31.2N 127.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 32.7N 127.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 34.5N 129.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 35.6N 131.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 37.8N 135.0E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 37.9N 135.8E | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm SonamuWestern Pacific · 2013 · 2 deaths
- Tropical Depression ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm LeepiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2013 · 15 deaths
- Tropical Storm CimaronWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm JebiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon UtorWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm YutuWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm TorajiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon PabukWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon WutipWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon FitowWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm SepatWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon WiphaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon LekimaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon HaiyanWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Depression PodulWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon LeharWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
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.