The 2016 season

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.

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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

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Sep 11, 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 11, 12:0012.4N 146.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 11, 18:0012.8N 144.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 12, 00:0013.1N 143.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0013.4N 141.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0013.8N 140.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 18:0014.0N 139.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 00:0014.1N 137.9E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 06:0014.3N 136.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 12:0014.6N 135.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 18:0014.9N 134.5E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 00:0015.5N 133.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Sep 14, 06:0015.8N 132.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 14, 12:0016.2N 131.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 14, 18:0016.6N 129.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 15, 00:0016.9N 129.0E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 15, 06:0017.5N 127.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 15, 12:0018.4N 126.7E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Sep 15, 18:0019.3N 125.6E90 kt966 mbTyphoon
Sep 16, 00:0020.2N 124.7E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Sep 16, 06:0021.2N 123.9E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Sep 16, 12:0022.1N 123.4E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Sep 16, 18:0022.9N 123.1E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Sep 17, 00:0024.2N 123.0E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Sep 17, 06:0025.3N 122.7E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Sep 17, 12:0025.9N 122.7E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 17, 18:0026.3N 122.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 18, 00:0026.9N 123.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 18, 06:0027.4N 124.4E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Sep 18, 12:0028.0N 125.2E90 kt961 mbTyphoon
Sep 18, 18:0028.7N 126.2E105 kt948 mbTyphoon
Sep 19, 00:0029.4N 127.2E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Sep 19, 06:0030.2N 128.4E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Sep 19, 12:0030.8N 129.7E100 kt950 mbTyphoon
Sep 19, 18:0031.6N 131.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 20, 00:0032.8N 133.5E65 kt979 mbTyphoon
Sep 20, 06:0034.2N 136.0E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 12:0035.4N 138.7E35 kt996 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.