Typhoon Fitow (2013)
Typhoon Fitow reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 29, 2013 and October 7, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 956 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Fitow, 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
- September 29, 2013 to October 7, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 956 mb (28.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 205 nmi (380 km, 236 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 65 nmi (120 km, 75 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 22 nmi (41 km, 25 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 105 kt (121 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- WP222013
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 29, 06:00 | 10.3N 135.0E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 10.4N 134.3E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 11.6N 133.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 12.3N 133.4E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 13.1N 133.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 13.5N 132.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 14.1N 132.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 14.5N 131.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 15.2N 131.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 16.1N 131.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 17.1N 131.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 17.6N 130.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 18.3N 130.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 18.9N 129.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 19.5N 129.5E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 20.1N 129.6E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 20.6N 129.7E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 21.1N 129.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 21.6N 129.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 22.1N 129.8E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 22.6N 129.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 23.2N 129.2E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 23.8N 128.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 24.4N 127.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 24.7N 126.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 25.1N 125.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 25.5N 124.9E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 25.6N 123.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 26.1N 122.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 26.9N 121.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 27.3N 120.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 27.8N 119.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 26.8N 117.9E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
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
- Tropical Storm SepatWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon DanasWestern 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.