The 2014 season

Typhoon Matmo (2014)

Typhoon Matmo reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between July 16, 2014 and July 26, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Matmo, 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
July 16, 2014 to July 26, 2014
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
959 mb (28.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
145 nmi (269 km, 167 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
27 kt (31 mph)
Identifier
WP102014

Radar at RKSG as it neared land, Jul 26, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 16, 06:0010.0N 136.8E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 12:009.8N 136.6E1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 18:0010.1N 136.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 00:0010.1N 135.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 06:0010.1N 135.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 12:0010.2N 135.7E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 18:0010.5N 135.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 00:0010.7N 134.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 06:0010.8N 133.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 12:0010.6N 133.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 18:0010.7N 132.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 00:0010.9N 131.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0011.1N 131.1E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jul 19, 12:0011.4N 130.5E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jul 19, 18:0012.2N 130.0E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jul 20, 00:0013.1N 129.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jul 20, 06:0013.9N 128.8E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jul 20, 12:0014.7N 128.3E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jul 20, 18:0015.7N 127.8E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jul 21, 00:0016.6N 127.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jul 21, 06:0017.8N 126.4E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jul 21, 12:0018.5N 125.3E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 21, 18:0019.5N 124.3E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 22, 00:0020.7N 123.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 22, 06:0021.9N 122.7E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Jul 22, 12:0022.7N 121.8E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Jul 22, 18:0023.6N 121.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 00:0024.2N 120.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 06:0025.0N 119.5E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 12:0025.7N 119.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0026.6N 118.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0027.8N 118.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 24, 06:0029.2N 117.9E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0030.7N 117.9E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0032.2N 118.3E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0033.7N 119.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0035.9N 121.3E994 mbMixed
Jul 25, 12:0037.7N 123.2E994 mbMixed
Jul 25, 18:0038.4N 124.3E996 mbExtratropical
Jul 26, 00:0039.5N 126.0E1000 mbExtratropical

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.