Super Typhoon Usagi (2013)
Super Typhoon Usagi reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 16, 2013 and September 24, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Usagi, 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 16, 2013 to September 24, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 185 nmi (343 km, 213 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 320 nmi (593 km, 368 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- WP172013
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 16, 00:00 | 17.3N 132.0E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 17.2N 132.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 17.5N 132.3E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 17.7N 132.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 17.5N 131.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 17.5N 131.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 17.4N 131.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 17.3N 130.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 17.3N 130.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 17.3N 129.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 17.3N 129.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 17.1N 128.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 16.9N 128.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 17.5N 128.0E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 18.2N 127.2E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 18.8N 126.4E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 19.2N 125.5E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 19.8N 124.6E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 20.2N 123.7E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 20.4N 122.6E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 20.6N 121.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 20.8N 120.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 21.1N 119.8E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 21.4N 118.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 21.8N 117.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 22.4N 116.8E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 22.9N 115.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 23.3N 113.6E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 23.9N 112.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 24.6N 111.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 24.7N 110.1E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 25.0N 109.1E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 24.9N 108.2E | 1004 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
- 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
- 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.