Typhoon Wipha (2013)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

October 9, 2013 to October 18, 2013

Peak strength

Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)

Lowest pressure

933 mb (27.55 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 72 km (45 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

14.2

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

75 kt (86 mph)

Fastest the center moved

58 kt (67 mph)

Identifier

WP252013

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 10, 06:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

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

$10 million

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

2 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

1 flood, 1 high surf.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

The Tropical Disturbance that would become Tropical Depression 25W passes close to Guam. There were periods of heavy rain during the day across Guam. Between three to five inches of rain fell across the island. Some reports from across the island: 4.18 inches of rain was recorded at National Weather Service Office, 3.29 inches at Apra Harbor Automated Weather Station, 3.35 inches at Inarajan Automated Weather Station, 5.26 inches at Merizo Automated Weather Station, 4.35 inches at Windward Automated Weather Station, An Urban and Small Stream Advisory was issued during the day for the rain.

Guam, Guam · Flood · Oct 9, 22:00 UTC

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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.

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.

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