Super Typhoon Goni (2020)
Super Typhoon Goni reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 25, 2020 and November 6, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 884 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Goni, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- October 25, 2020 to November 6, 2020
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 170 kt (196 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 884 mb (26.10 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 26.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- WP222020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 10.6N 143.9E | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 11.4N 143.6E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 11.9N 142.9E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 12.8N 142.3E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 13.8N 141.8E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 14.4N 141.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 15.0N 141.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 15.4N 141.6E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 15.8N 141.4E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 16.2N 140.9E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 16.4N 140.6E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 16.5N 140.3E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 16.6N 139.8E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 16.6N 138.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 16.7N 137.6E | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 16.7N 136.8E | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 16.8N 135.6E | 70 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 16.6N 134.5E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 16.3N 133.4E | 115 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 16.3N 132.7E | 130 kt | 934 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 16.3N 131.5E | 140 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 16.1N 130.8E | 150 kt | 913 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 15.8N 129.9E | 155 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 15.3N 128.8E | 160 kt | 895 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 14.7N 127.6E | 160 kt | 897 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 14.2N 126.4E | 165 kt | 892 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 13.6N 125.1E | 170 kt | 884 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 13.5N 123.6E | 130 kt | 932 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 1, 06:00 | 13.6N 122.2E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 1, 12:00 | 14.1N 121.2E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 18:00 | 14.5N 119.6E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 00:00 | 14.7N 118.5E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 2, 06:00 | 15.2N 118.0E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 2, 12:00 | 15.1N 116.9E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 18:00 | 15.1N 116.1E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 00:00 | 14.8N 115.4E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 06:00 | 14.7N 115.2E | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 12:00 | 14.7N 114.7E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 14.7N 114.2E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 14.5N 113.5E | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 14.4N 113.3E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 14.3N 112.7E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 14.3N 112.1E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 14.2N 111.7E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 14.0N 111.4E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 14.0N 110.9E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 13.9N 110.2E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 14.1N 109.4E | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 14.2N 108.7E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2020
- Typhoon VongfongWestern Pacific · 2020 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm NuriWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm JangmiWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm HigosWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon BaviWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon MaysakWestern Pacific · 2020
- Super Typhoon HaishenWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm NoulWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm DolphinWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon KujiraWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon Chan-HomWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm LinfaWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm NangkaWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon SaudelWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon MolaveWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm AtsaniWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm EtauWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon VamcoWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Depression KrovanhWestern Pacific · 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.