The 2015 season

Typhoon Goni (2015)

Typhoon Goni reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 13, 2015 and August 30, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Goni, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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
August 13, 2015 to August 30, 2015
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
933 mb (27.55 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
38.2
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size
250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
100 kt (115 mph)
Fastest the center moved
26 kt (30 mph)
Identifier
WP162015

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 15, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA Storm Events

0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded

What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.

In the United States

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
none recorded
Crop damage
none recorded
Events recorded
1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine areaDeathsInjuriesDamageEvents
Guam001

What was recorded

1 tropical storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 13, 18:0012.1N 150.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 14, 00:0012.2N 150.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 06:0012.3N 149.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 12:0012.6N 149.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 18:0013.0N 148.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0013.7N 147.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0014.1N 146.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0014.4N 145.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0014.4N 145.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0014.8N 144.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0015.2N 144.1E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 16, 12:0015.6N 143.6E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 16, 18:0016.0N 142.7E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Aug 17, 00:0016.5N 141.7E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Aug 17, 06:0017.0N 140.4E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 17, 12:0017.5N 139.1E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 17, 18:0017.9N 137.6E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 00:0018.2N 136.1E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 06:0018.5N 134.7E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 12:0018.7N 132.9E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 18:0018.8N 131.2E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 00:0018.9N 129.8E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 06:0018.9N 128.4E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 12:0018.9N 127.2E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 18:0018.9N 126.1E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 00:0018.9N 125.3E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 06:0018.9N 124.6E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 12:0019.0N 124.0E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 18:0019.1N 123.2E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 00:0019.3N 122.9E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 06:0019.3N 122.4E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 12:0019.4N 122.4E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 18:0019.6N 122.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 00:0020.1N 122.6E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 06:0020.7N 122.7E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 12:0021.4N 123.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 18:0022.4N 123.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 00:0023.2N 123.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 06:0023.8N 123.6E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 12:0024.5N 124.0E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 18:0025.2N 124.7E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 00:0026.3N 126.0E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 06:0028.0N 127.5E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 12:0029.7N 128.9E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 18:0031.6N 130.0E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 00:0034.1N 130.7E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 06:0035.4N 131.1E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 12:0036.5N 131.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0037.8N 132.4E50 kt985 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 00:0039.1N 133.4E45 kt989 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 06:0040.4N 134.0E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 12:0041.4N 133.8E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 18:0042.9N 133.1E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 00:0044.4N 131.8E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 06:0044.6N 128.8E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 12:0044.2N 127.3E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 18:0043.9N 126.7E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 00:0044.0N 126.4E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 06:0044.1N 126.3E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 12:0044.3N 126.4E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 18:0044.5N 126.4E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 00:0044.6N 126.4E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 06:0044.9N 126.4E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 12:0045.2N 126.1E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 18:0045.5N 125.8E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 00:0045.5N 125.8E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 06:0045.5N 125.8E1010 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2015

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.