The 2020 season

Typhoon Chan-Hom (2020)

Typhoon Chan-Hom reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between October 3, 2020 and October 19, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Chan-Hom, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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
October 3, 2020 to October 19, 2020
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 149 km (93 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.0
Identifier
WP162020

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 3, 06:0021.0N 140.9E10 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Oct 3, 12:0021.1N 140.8E10 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Oct 3, 18:0021.6N 140.4E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Oct 4, 00:0021.8N 140.3E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Oct 4, 06:0021.8N 140.0E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Oct 4, 12:0022.1N 139.6E20 kt1004 mbTropical wave
Oct 4, 18:0022.1N 139.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 5, 00:0022.2N 139.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 5, 06:0022.7N 139.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 12:0023.1N 139.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 18:0023.3N 139.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 00:0023.9N 138.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 06:0024.2N 138.3E50 kt984 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 12:0024.4N 137.6E50 kt983 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 18:0024.8N 136.6E55 kt981 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 00:0025.1N 135.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 06:0025.9N 134.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Oct 7, 12:0026.5N 133.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Oct 7, 18:0027.2N 133.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Oct 8, 00:0028.0N 132.8E75 kt964 mbTyphoon
Oct 8, 06:0028.8N 132.9E75 kt968 mbTyphoon
Oct 8, 12:0029.3N 133.3E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Oct 8, 18:0029.7N 133.2E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Oct 9, 00:0030.2N 133.3E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Oct 9, 06:0030.6N 133.5E70 kt971 mbTyphoon
Oct 9, 12:0031.0N 134.1E60 kt981 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0031.5N 134.9E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0032.1N 135.7E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0032.2N 136.8E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:0032.2N 137.9E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0032.2N 139.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0032.1N 140.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 06:0031.8N 141.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 12:0031.4N 142.0E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 18:0030.9N 142.2E35 kt991 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 00:0030.2N 142.4E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Oct 12, 06:0029.4N 142.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 12, 12:0029.0N 142.6E15 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Oct 12, 18:0028.7N 143.2E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Oct 13, 00:0028.6N 144.0E15 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Oct 13, 06:0028.5N 144.4E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Oct 13, 12:0028.6N 144.7E1008 mbMixed
Oct 13, 18:0028.6N 144.5E1008 mbMixed
Oct 14, 00:0028.6N 144.4E1008 mbMixed
Oct 14, 06:0028.8N 144.4E1008 mbMixed
Oct 14, 12:0029.0N 144.2E1010 mbMixed
Oct 14, 18:0029.2N 144.2E1010 mbMixed
Oct 15, 00:0029.5N 144.1E1010 mbMixed
Oct 15, 06:0029.7N 143.9E1010 mbMixed
Oct 15, 12:0030.1N 144.1E1010 mbMixed
Oct 15, 18:0030.6N 144.4E1012 mbMixed
Oct 16, 00:0031.2N 145.6E1012 mbMixed
Oct 16, 06:0032.1N 146.4E1010 mbMixed
Oct 16, 12:0033.2N 147.4E1012 mbMixed
Oct 16, 18:0034.7N 149.7E1012 mbMixed
Oct 17, 00:0036.3N 153.0E1012 mbExtratropical
Oct 17, 06:0037.2N 155.9E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 17, 12:0038.1N 159.0E1012 mbExtratropical
Oct 17, 18:0039.0N 161.9E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 18, 00:0039.0N 164.4E1016 mbExtratropical
Oct 18, 06:0038.7N 166.7E1016 mbExtratropical
Oct 18, 12:0038.5N 168.9E1018 mbExtratropical
Oct 18, 18:0038.4N 170.0E1018 mbExtratropical
Oct 19, 00:0038.2N 171.3E1018 mbExtratropical
Oct 19, 06:0038.2N 171.8E1016 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2020

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.