Super Typhoon Phanfone (2014)
Super Typhoon Phanfone reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 27, 2014 and October 8, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Phanfone, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 27, 2014 to October 8, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 155 nmi (287 km, 178 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
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Identifier
- WP182014
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 27, 18:00 | 9.5N 159.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 10.3N 158.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 11.0N 156.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 11.7N 155.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 12.3N 153.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 12.7N 152.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 13.1N 151.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 13.6N 150.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 14.4N 149.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 15.7N 148.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 16.4N 147.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 16.4N 145.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 16.5N 144.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 17.2N 143.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 18.1N 142.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 18.5N 141.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 19.0N 140.2E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 19.5N 139.0E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 19.8N 138.2E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 20.7N 137.3E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 21.4N 136.4E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 22.3N 135.5E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 23.2N 134.6E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 24.1N 133.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 24.7N 133.3E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 25.4N 132.8E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 26.1N 132.4E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 27.1N 131.7E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 28.0N 131.1E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 29.0N 131.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 30.2N 131.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 31.4N 133.4E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 33.1N 135.5E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 34.8N 138.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 37.2N 142.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 39.3N 147.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 39.5N 153.1E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 39.7N 158.6E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 40.2N 164.4E | 978 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 41.0N 170.7E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 42.0N 176.5E | 964 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 43.2N 181.3E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2014
- Tropical Depression LinglingWestern Pacific · 2014 · 70 deaths
- Tropical Storm KajikiWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon FaxaiWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm PeipahWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon TapahWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm MitagWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm HagibisWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2014 · 40 deaths
- Typhoon MatmoWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm NakriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon KalmaegiWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon VongfongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon NuriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2014 · 19 deaths
- Tropical Storm JangmiWestern Pacific · 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.