Typhoon Malou (2021)

Typhoon Malou reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 22, 2021 and October 31, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Malou, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2021 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 22, 2021 to October 31, 2021
Peak strength: Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure: 968 mb (28.59 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 674 km (419 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 8.1
Identifier: WP252021

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 22, 06:00	8.7N 144.6E	10 kt	1014 mb	Disturbance
Oct 22, 12:00	9.6N 143.8E	10 kt	1014 mb	Disturbance
Oct 22, 18:00	10.3N 143.1E	10 kt	1009 mb	Disturbance
Oct 23, 00:00	10.8N 142.4E	15 kt	1009 mb	Disturbance
Oct 23, 06:00	11.5N 141.2E	15 kt	1009 mb	Disturbance
Oct 23, 12:00	11.3N 140.4E	15 kt	1009 mb	Disturbance
Oct 23, 18:00	11.9N 140.3E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 24, 00:00	12.2N 139.5E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 24, 06:00	12.4N 139.3E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 24, 12:00	13.2N 139.3E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 24, 18:00	14.0N 139.0E	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 25, 00:00	16.0N 138.5E	35 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 25, 06:00	17.8N 138.2E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 25, 12:00	18.4N 138.1E	35 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 25, 18:00	19.1N 138.1E	40 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 26, 00:00	19.4N 138.5E	40 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 26, 06:00	19.7N 138.8E	50 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 26, 12:00	20.1N 139.2E	50 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 26, 18:00	20.4N 139.4E	65 kt	984 mb	Typhoon
Oct 27, 00:00	20.7N 139.3E	70 kt	983 mb	Typhoon
Oct 27, 06:00	21.2N 139.4E	70 kt	980 mb	Typhoon
Oct 27, 12:00	21.9N 139.7E	65 kt	982 mb	Typhoon
Oct 27, 18:00	22.6N 140.0E	70 kt	981 mb	Typhoon
Oct 28, 00:00	23.7N 140.7E	80 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Oct 28, 06:00	24.8N 141.5E	85 kt	969 mb	Typhoon
Oct 28, 12:00	26.3N 142.5E	80 kt	973 mb	Typhoon
Oct 28, 18:00	28.1N 143.5E	85 kt	968 mb	Typhoon
Oct 29, 00:00	29.7N 144.6E	70 kt	978 mb	Typhoon
Oct 29, 06:00	32.1N 146.8E	75 kt	973 mb	Typhoon
Oct 29, 12:00	33.8N 149.9E	55 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 29, 18:00	35.7N 153.1E	50 kt	988 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 30, 00:00	38.8N 158.4E		992 mb	Extratropical
Oct 30, 06:00	42.0N 164.0E		992 mb	Extratropical
Oct 30, 12:00	44.2N 169.0E		984 mb	Extratropical
Oct 30, 18:00	44.5N 172.7E		978 mb	Extratropical
Oct 31, 00:00	44.3N 175.5E		974 mb	Extratropical
Oct 31, 06:00	43.9N 178.3E		978 mb	Extratropical
Oct 31, 12:00	43.7N 181.7E			Extratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2021

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.