Super Typhoon Haiyan (2013)
Super Typhoon Haiyan reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between November 2, 2013 and November 11, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 895 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Haiyan, 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
- November 2, 2013 to November 11, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 170 kt (196 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 895 mb (26.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 38.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 17 nmi (31 km, 20 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- WP312013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 06:00 | 6.6N 161.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 2, 12:00 | 6.2N 160.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 2, 18:00 | 6.1N 158.8E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 3, 00:00 | 6.2N 157.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 3, 06:00 | 6.3N 155.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 3, 12:00 | 6.6N 154.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 6.3N 152.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 6.1N 151.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 6.1N 150.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 6.3N 148.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 6.4N 147.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 6.4N 145.7E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 6.5N 144.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 6.9N 142.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 7.1N 141.3E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 7.3N 139.7E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 7.6N 138.0E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 7.9N 136.1E | 150 kt | 911 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 8.2N 134.3E | 155 kt | 907 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 8.7N 132.7E | 155 kt | 907 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 9.4N 131.0E | 160 kt | 903 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 10.2N 129.0E | 170 kt | 895 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 10.6N 126.9E | 170 kt | 895 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 11.0N 124.7E | 165 kt | 899 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 11.4N 122.5E | 145 kt | 914 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 11.8N 120.4E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 12.4N 117.9E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 12.6N 116.2E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 13.4N 114.6E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 14.5N 113.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 15.5N 111.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 16.5N 110.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 17.9N 109.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 19.3N 108.0E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 20.5N 107.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 21.8N 107.3E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 23.2N 107.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 22.6N 108.7E | 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
- Typhoon FitowWestern 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
- 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.