The 2016 season

Typhoon Nida (2016)

Typhoon Nida reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 29, 2016 and August 3, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nida, 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
July 29, 2016 to August 3, 2016
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.8
Identifier
WP062016

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 29, 06:0010.6N 127.5ETropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0011.9N 127.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 18:0012.7N 127.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 30, 00:0013.9N 127.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0015.5N 126.5E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0016.0N 124.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0016.1N 124.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0017.3N 123.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0018.2N 122.3E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0018.7N 121.2E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0019.4N 120.1E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0020.2N 118.9E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 1, 06:0021.2N 117.4E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 1, 12:0021.7N 116.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 1, 18:0022.4N 114.9E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 00:0022.8N 113.5E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0023.5N 112.4E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0023.9N 111.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0024.3N 109.4E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0025.0N 107.9E998 mbMixed

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.