Super Typhoon Francisco (2013)
Super Typhoon Francisco reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 15, 2013 and October 26, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Francisco, 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 15, 2013 to October 26, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 312 km (194 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 34.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 145 nmi (269 km, 167 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
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 245 nmi (454 km, 282 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Identifier
- WP262013
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$150,000
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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Events recorded
- 1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guam | 0 | 0 | $150,000 | 1 |
What was recorded
1 hurricane (typhoon).
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 14.0N 148.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 13.6N 146.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 12.7N 145.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 12.2N 144.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 11.6N 143.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 10.9N 143.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 11.0N 142.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 11.4N 142.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 12.0N 142.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 13.2N 142.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 13.8N 142.3E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 14.2N 142.0E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 15.2N 141.9E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 15.9N 141.1E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 16.2N 140.4E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 16.7N 139.7E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 17.1N 139.1E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 17.4N 138.4E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 17.8N 137.8E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 18.3N 137.3E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 18.7N 136.9E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 19.3N 136.6E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 19.8N 136.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 20.4N 135.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 21.0N 135.6E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 21.7N 135.2E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 22.2N 134.5E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 22.7N 133.7E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 23.2N 133.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 23.6N 132.2E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 24.0N 131.4E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 24.3N 130.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 24.5N 130.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 24.8N 129.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 25.1N 129.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 25.8N 129.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 26.5N 130.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 27.2N 131.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 27.9N 131.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 28.8N 133.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 29.7N 134.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 31.2N 137.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 31.8N 140.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 32.9N 144.2E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 36.5N 149.4E | 988 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 DanasWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon WiphaWestern 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.