The 2020 season

Typhoon Hagupit (2020)

Typhoon Hagupit reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 30, 2020 and August 12, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 971 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Hagupit, 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
July 30, 2020 to August 12, 2020
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
971 mb (28.67 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.1
Identifier
WP032020

Radar at RKSG as it neared land, Aug 5, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 30, 18:0015.2N 131.2E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0016.2N 130.8E1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0017.0N 130.0E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jul 31, 12:0017.6N 129.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jul 31, 18:0018.4N 129.6E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 00:0019.7N 129.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 06:0020.9N 127.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 12:0021.4N 127.1E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 18:0022.0N 126.1E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:0022.5N 125.2E35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0023.2N 124.6E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0023.7N 124.3E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0024.2N 124.0E55 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0025.0N 123.5E60 kt983 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0026.2N 122.5E70 kt977 mbTyphoon
Aug 3, 12:0026.8N 121.7E75 kt971 mbTyphoon
Aug 3, 18:0027.8N 121.1E75 kt971 mbTyphoon
Aug 4, 00:0028.8N 120.6E50 kt986 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0029.6N 120.3E30 kt993 mbTropical depression
Aug 4, 12:0030.8N 120.2E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Aug 4, 18:0032.3N 120.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 5, 00:0034.0N 120.7E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Aug 5, 06:0035.2N 121.5E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Aug 5, 12:0036.3N 122.6E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Aug 5, 18:0037.7N 124.8E15 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 6, 00:0039.4N 128.6E25 kt995 mbExtratropical
Aug 6, 06:0041.2N 132.2E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 6, 12:0042.2N 134.8E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 6, 18:0043.0N 136.9E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 7, 00:0044.0N 139.7E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 7, 06:0045.1N 142.8E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 7, 12:0046.8N 145.8E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 7, 18:0047.5N 147.9E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 00:0048.3N 150.6E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 06:0049.1N 153.9E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 12:0050.3N 156.0E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 18:0050.4N 158.4E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 00:0050.4N 160.5E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 06:0050.7N 162.5E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 12:0050.8N 164.6E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 18:0050.9N 167.0E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 00:0050.9N 169.2E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 06:0050.9N 170.9E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 12:0051.1N 172.6E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 18:0051.4N 174.1E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 00:0051.7N 175.5E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 06:0052.0N 176.9E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 12:0052.1N 178.2E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 18:0052.2N 179.4E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 00:0052.3N 180.1E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 06:0052.3N 180.7EExtratropical

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.