Super Typhoon Yutu (2018)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

October 20, 2018 to November 3, 2018

Peak strength

Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)

Lowest pressure

904 mb (26.70 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

51.7

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

330 nmi (611 km, 380 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

107 nmi (198 km, 123 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

15 kt (17 mph)

Identifier

WP312018

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 24, 12:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

1 (0 direct, 1 indirect)

Injuries

242

Property damage

$2.0 billion

Crop damage

$6.3 million

Events recorded

6 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

6 hurricane (typhoon).

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

A tropical disturbance was noted just northwest of Kosrae on the morning of October 21 near 8N160E. By the morning of October 22 the system had become Tropical depression 31W and was 130 miles north-northwest of Pohnpei. 31W continued to intensify through the day and by the afternoon of the 22nd became Tropical Storm Yutu. Yutu continued to strengthen and became a typhoon on the afternoon of October 23rd. Yutu continued to intensify and on the afternoon of the 24th it became a Super Typhoon. A Super Typhoon is a Joint Typhoon Warning Center's designation placed on a system in the Western North Pacific if wind speeds in the typhoon equal or exceed 150 mph. At that time Yutu was less than 200 miles to the east of the Marianas. The 20 mile wide eye of Super Typhoon Yutu crossed over Tinian between midnight and 4 a.m. on October 25th. Typhoon force winds caused damage across Rota.

Rota, Guam · Hurricane (Typhoon) · Oct 23, 14:00 UTC

• Tropical Storm BolavenWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deathsTropical Storm35 kt · 1001 mb
• Tropical Storm SanbaWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm40 kt · 999 mb
• Super Typhoon JelawatWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 4130 kt · 926 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 mb
• Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2018 · 5 deathsTropical Storm40 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm60 kt · 974 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm35 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2018 · 3 deathsCat 180 kt · 960 mb
• Super Typhoon MariaWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5145 kt · 910 mb
• Tropical Storm Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm50 kt · 989 mb
• Tropical Storm AmpilWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm55 kt · 982 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm35 kt · 995 mb
• Typhoon WukongWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 165 kt · 974 mb
• Typhoon JongdariWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 290 kt · 950 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb
• Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 285 kt · 953 mb
• Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm45 kt · 983 mb
• Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm60 kt · 979 mb
• Typhoon LeepiWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 165 kt · 982 mb
• Tropical Storm RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2018 · 53 deathsTropical Storm50 kt · 978 mb
• Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2018 · 86 deathsCat 3105 kt · 942 mb
• Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 4115 kt · 936 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 997 mb
• Super Typhoon JebiWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5155 kt · 907 mb
• Super Typhoon MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2018 · 59 deathsCat 5155 kt · 896 mb
• Tropical Storm BarijatWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm45 kt · 996 mb
• Super Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5140 kt · 914 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 1001 mb
• Super Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5150 kt · 906 mb
• Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deathsCat 290 kt · 971 mb
• Tropical Depression TorajiWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 295 kt · 959 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm PabukWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm50 kt · 996 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Yutu