The 2021 season

Super Typhoon Mindulle (2021)

Super Typhoon Mindulle reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 22, 2021 and October 6, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 916 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Mindulle, 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
September 22, 2021 to October 6, 2021
Peak strength
Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure
916 mb (27.05 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 76 km (47 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
29.6
Identifier
WP202021

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Sep 23, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 22, 06:0010.8N 150.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 22, 12:0011.5N 148.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 22, 18:0011.9N 147.7E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Sep 23, 00:0012.7N 146.0E30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 23, 06:0013.3N 144.7E30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 23, 12:0013.9N 142.8E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0014.2N 141.9E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 00:0014.8N 141.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 06:0015.4N 140.1E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 12:0016.1N 139.3E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 18:0016.7N 138.5E65 kt983 mbTyphoon
Sep 25, 00:0017.1N 138.1E80 kt974 mbTyphoon
Sep 25, 06:0017.6N 137.7E90 kt965 mbTyphoon
Sep 25, 12:0018.1N 137.4E115 kt944 mbTyphoon
Sep 25, 18:0018.4N 137.1E125 kt933 mbTyphoon
Sep 26, 00:0018.6N 136.8E140 kt916 mbSuper typhoon
Sep 26, 06:0018.8N 136.7E135 kt919 mbSuper typhoon
Sep 26, 12:0019.0N 136.7E125 kt928 mbTyphoon
Sep 26, 18:0019.4N 136.7E105 kt949 mbTyphoon
Sep 27, 00:0019.6N 136.7E95 kt956 mbTyphoon
Sep 27, 06:0019.9N 136.6E90 kt959 mbTyphoon
Sep 27, 12:0020.2N 136.4E85 kt965 mbTyphoon
Sep 27, 18:0020.5N 136.3E90 kt961 mbTyphoon
Sep 28, 00:0021.0N 136.2E100 kt953 mbTyphoon
Sep 28, 06:0021.6N 135.8E95 kt954 mbTyphoon
Sep 28, 12:0022.0N 135.4E105 kt945 mbTyphoon
Sep 28, 18:0022.7N 135.4E115 kt935 mbTyphoon
Sep 29, 00:0023.4N 135.4E120 kt928 mbTyphoon
Sep 29, 06:0024.2N 135.3E115 kt933 mbTyphoon
Sep 29, 12:0024.9N 135.6E110 kt937 mbTyphoon
Sep 29, 18:0025.9N 135.9E105 kt940 mbTyphoon
Sep 30, 00:0026.7N 136.4E100 kt949 mbTyphoon
Sep 30, 06:0028.1N 137.4E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Sep 30, 12:0029.3N 138.2E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Sep 30, 18:0030.4N 139.3E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 00:0032.2N 141.2E80 kt961 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 06:0033.7N 142.4E75 kt964 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 12:0035.6N 143.8E65 kt972 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 18:0037.4N 145.6E75 kt965 mbExtratropical
Oct 2, 00:0039.6N 147.8E60 kt974 mbExtratropical
Oct 2, 06:0041.8N 150.3E40 kt983 mbExtratropical
Oct 2, 12:0043.8N 152.6E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 2, 18:0046.2N 155.5E980 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 00:0048.8N 157.9E978 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 06:0051.3N 160.2E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 12:0053.6N 162.2E968 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 18:0055.7N 164.4E964 mbExtratropical
Oct 4, 00:0057.1N 166.3E964 mbExtratropical
Oct 4, 06:0058.2N 168.6E964 mbExtratropical
Oct 4, 12:0058.9N 169.9E964 mbExtratropical
Oct 4, 18:0059.3N 171.5E968 mbExtratropical
Oct 5, 00:0059.6N 173.4E972 mbExtratropical
Oct 5, 06:0059.9N 175.4E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 5, 12:0060.2N 177.7E980 mbExtratropical
Oct 5, 18:0060.6N 179.8EExtratropical
Oct 6, 00:0061.3N 182.4EExtratropical
Oct 6, 06:0062.1N 183.9EExtratropical
Oct 6, 12:0062.5N 185.0EExtratropical
Oct 6, 18:0062.3N 186.4EExtratropical

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.