Typhoon Soulik (2013)
Typhoon Soulik reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 6, 2013 and July 14, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb, and made landfall. It killed 15 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Soulik, 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
- July 6, 2013 to July 14, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 19.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 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
- 17 nmi (31 km, 20 mi)
- Overall size
- 292 nmi (541 km, 336 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- WP072013
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
15 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 19.9N 156.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 19.8N 154.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 19.8N 153.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 19.8N 152.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 20.0N 150.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 19.7N 149.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 19.3N 148.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 19.1N 147.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 19.2N 145.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 19.1N 143.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 19.3N 142.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 19.5N 141.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 19.6N 140.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 19.9N 139.4E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 20.3N 138.3E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 20.7N 137.1E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 21.1N 135.9E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 21.5N 134.7E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 21.8N 133.5E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 22.0N 132.2E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 22.1N 130.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 22.3N 129.6E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 22.4N 128.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 22.5N 127.0E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 22.7N 125.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 23.3N 124.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 24.0N 123.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 24.8N 122.4E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 24.6N 120.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 25.9N 120.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 26.0N 118.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 27.0N 117.2E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 28.0N 116.3E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 29.0N 115.9E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 30.0N 115.5E | 1000 mb | Mixed |
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
- 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
- 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.