Super Typhoon Utor (2013)
Super Typhoon Utor reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 8, 2013 and August 18, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Utor, 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
- August 8, 2013 to August 18, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 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
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- WP112013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 12.2N 137.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 12.3N 136.6E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 12.8N 136.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 13.4N 135.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 13.6N 134.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 13.6N 132.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 13.5N 131.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 13.6N 130.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 13.8N 129.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 14.0N 128.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 14.3N 127.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 14.5N 125.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 15.1N 124.8E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 15.5N 123.5E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 16.1N 122.2E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 16.5N 120.8E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 17.1N 119.1E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 17.9N 117.9E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 18.0N 116.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 18.4N 115.2E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 18.9N 114.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 19.3N 113.4E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 19.8N 112.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 20.6N 112.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 21.6N 111.8E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 22.1N 110.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 22.4N 110.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 22.8N 110.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 23.8N 111.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 24.2N 111.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 24.4N 111.3E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 24.7N 111.6E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 24.8N 111.5E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 24.8N 111.2E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 24.7N 110.8E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 24.3N 110.4E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 23.9N 110.1E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 23.7N 109.9E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 23.4N 109.7E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 23.3N 109.3E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 23.1N 108.9E | 998 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
- 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.