The 2022 season

Typhoon Muifa (2022)

Typhoon Muifa reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between September 3, 2022 and September 17, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 946 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Muifa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 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 3, 2022 to September 17, 2022
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
946 mb (27.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
18.1
Identifier
WP142022

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 3, 18:0025.6N 146.6E1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0025.8N 146.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0025.4N 145.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 4, 12:0025.2N 144.7E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Sep 4, 18:0025.0N 143.9E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 5, 00:0024.6N 142.2E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 5, 06:0024.4N 140.5E20 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Sep 5, 12:0024.1N 139.3E25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 18:0023.8N 137.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 6, 00:0022.5N 137.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 6, 06:0021.5N 136.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 6, 12:0019.7N 136.5E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Sep 6, 18:0018.2N 136.2E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Sep 7, 00:0017.2N 135.8E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0016.9N 135.3E40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0016.8N 134.4E40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0017.0N 133.7E40 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0017.1N 132.6E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0017.1N 131.8E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0017.4N 130.9E40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0017.6N 130.3E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0018.3N 129.3E50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0019.0N 128.4E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0019.5N 127.7E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0020.1N 127.0E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0020.5N 126.5E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Sep 10, 06:0021.1N 126.0E70 kt984 mbTyphoon
Sep 10, 12:0021.7N 125.5E75 kt979 mbTyphoon
Sep 10, 18:0022.2N 124.9E90 kt966 mbTyphoon
Sep 11, 00:0022.6N 124.4E105 kt953 mbTyphoon
Sep 11, 06:0022.9N 124.3E110 kt946 mbTyphoon
Sep 11, 12:0023.3N 124.4E100 kt955 mbTyphoon
Sep 11, 18:0023.6N 124.3E90 kt962 mbTyphoon
Sep 12, 00:0024.0N 124.2E85 kt966 mbTyphoon
Sep 12, 06:0024.6N 124.0E75 kt974 mbTyphoon
Sep 12, 12:0024.9N 124.0E85 kt966 mbTyphoon
Sep 12, 18:0025.2N 124.1E85 kt961 mbTyphoon
Sep 13, 00:0025.8N 124.2E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Sep 13, 06:0026.0N 124.0E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Sep 13, 12:0026.8N 123.9E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Sep 13, 18:0027.2N 123.5E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Sep 14, 00:0027.9N 123.1E85 kt962 mbTyphoon
Sep 14, 06:0028.8N 122.8E85 kt962 mbTyphoon
Sep 14, 12:0029.9N 122.3E75 kt968 mbTyphoon
Sep 14, 18:0031.2N 122.0E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Sep 15, 00:0032.8N 121.0E55 kt981 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0034.1N 120.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0035.3N 120.4E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0036.5N 120.6E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0037.8N 121.2E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Sep 16, 06:0038.9N 122.3E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Sep 16, 12:0040.9N 124.0E15 kt999 mbDisturbance
Sep 16, 18:0042.9N 127.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 17, 00:0043.6N 129.0E1006 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2022

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.