The 2014 season

Typhoon Fengshen (2014)

Typhoon Fengshen reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 5, 2014 and September 11, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Fengshen, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2014 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
September 5, 2014 to September 11, 2014
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
974 mb (28.76 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 349 km (217 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.0
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
Overall size
250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
40 kt (46 mph)
Identifier
WP132014

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Sep 6, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 5, 06:0018.6N 128.5ETropical storm
Sep 5, 12:0020.0N 127.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0021.8N 127.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 6, 00:0023.1N 127.1E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Sep 6, 06:0024.0N 127.2E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Sep 6, 12:0025.2N 127.9E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Sep 6, 18:0026.4N 128.8E25 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Sep 7, 00:0027.2N 129.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 7, 06:0028.0N 131.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0028.1N 133.0E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0028.7N 134.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0029.2N 135.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0029.9N 137.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0030.8N 139.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0031.6N 140.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Sep 9, 00:0032.5N 142.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0033.1N 145.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0033.9N 147.1E50 kt985 mbExtratropical
Sep 9, 18:0035.0N 150.0E45 kt989 mbExtratropical
Sep 10, 00:0035.9N 152.9E40 kt993 mbExtratropical
Sep 10, 06:0037.2N 156.1E50 kt985 mbMixed
Sep 10, 12:0038.6N 159.3E45 kt990 mbMixed
Sep 10, 18:0039.9N 163.6E990 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 00:0040.4N 167.8E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 06:0040.4N 172.8EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2014

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.