Typhoon Malakas (2016)
Typhoon Malakas reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 11, 2016 and September 20, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Malakas, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2016 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 11, 2016 to September 20, 2016
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 76 nmi (141 km, 87 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 27 kt (31 mph)
- Identifier
- WP182016
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 11, 12:00 | 12.4N 146.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 12.8N 144.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 13.1N 143.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 13.4N 141.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 13.8N 140.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 14.0N 139.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 14.1N 137.9E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 14.3N 136.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 14.6N 135.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 14.9N 134.5E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 15.5N 133.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 15.8N 132.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 16.2N 131.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 16.6N 129.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 16.9N 129.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 17.5N 127.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 18.4N 126.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 19.3N 125.6E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 20.2N 124.7E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 21.2N 123.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 22.1N 123.4E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 22.9N 123.1E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 24.2N 123.0E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 25.3N 122.7E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 25.9N 122.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 26.3N 122.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 26.9N 123.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 27.4N 124.4E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 28.0N 125.2E | 90 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 28.7N 126.2E | 105 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 29.4N 127.2E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 30.2N 128.4E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 30.8N 129.7E | 100 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 31.6N 131.5E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 32.8N 133.5E | 65 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 34.2N 136.0E | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 35.4N 138.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2016
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- Super Typhoon NepartakWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm LupitWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MirinaeWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon NidaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon OmaisWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm ConsonWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm ChanthuWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm DianmuWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MindulleWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon LionrockWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm KompasuWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon NamtheunWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm MalouWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon MerantiWestern Pacific · 2016 · 30 deaths
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Depression RaiWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MegiWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon ChabaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm AereWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon SarikaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon HaimaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MeariWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm Ma-OnWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon TokageWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon Nock-TenWestern Pacific · 2016
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.