The 2023 season

Typhoon Koinu (2023)

Typhoon Koinu reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 27, 2023 and October 10, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 936 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Koinu, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2023 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 27, 2023 to October 10, 2023
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
936 mb (27.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
30.3
Identifier
WP142023

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Sep 27, 12:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 27, 12:0014.2N 143.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 27, 18:0014.7N 143.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 28, 00:0015.5N 141.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 28, 06:0015.7N 139.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 28, 12:0015.8N 138.3E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Sep 28, 18:0015.8N 137.0E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Sep 29, 00:0015.6N 136.1E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Sep 29, 06:0015.5N 135.3E20 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Sep 29, 12:0015.4N 134.8E25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 18:0015.5N 132.4E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Sep 30, 00:0015.8N 131.8E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Sep 30, 06:0016.1N 131.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0016.3N 130.9E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0016.8N 130.2E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 00:0017.5N 129.4E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 06:0017.9N 128.9E65 kt984 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 12:0018.3N 128.5E75 kt977 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 18:0018.7N 128.0E80 kt973 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 00:0019.1N 127.4E105 kt953 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 06:0019.6N 126.7E110 kt950 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 12:0020.0N 126.1E120 kt939 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 18:0020.3N 125.6E110 kt946 mbTyphoon
Oct 3, 00:0020.6N 125.2E105 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 3, 06:0021.2N 124.9E100 kt955 mbTyphoon
Oct 3, 12:0021.7N 124.7E95 kt957 mbTyphoon
Oct 3, 18:0022.0N 124.2E90 kt963 mbTyphoon
Oct 4, 00:0022.2N 123.5E105 kt948 mbTyphoon
Oct 4, 06:0022.1N 122.6E115 kt940 mbTyphoon
Oct 4, 12:0022.1N 121.9E120 kt936 mbTyphoon
Oct 4, 18:0021.9N 121.2E120 kt936 mbTyphoon
Oct 5, 00:0022.0N 120.8E110 kt947 mbTyphoon
Oct 5, 06:0022.1N 120.0E90 kt961 mbTyphoon
Oct 5, 12:0022.1N 119.0E80 kt971 mbTyphoon
Oct 5, 18:0021.9N 118.3E70 kt979 mbTyphoon
Oct 6, 00:0021.8N 117.7E90 kt965 mbTyphoon
Oct 6, 06:0021.7N 116.8E100 kt956 mbTyphoon
Oct 6, 12:0021.5N 116.3E100 kt957 mbTyphoon
Oct 6, 18:0021.2N 115.7E105 kt953 mbTyphoon
Oct 7, 00:0021.1N 115.4E100 kt958 mbTyphoon
Oct 7, 06:0021.2N 115.2E105 kt953 mbTyphoon
Oct 7, 12:0021.3N 115.1E100 kt957 mbTyphoon
Oct 7, 18:0021.4N 114.9E85 kt968 mbTyphoon
Oct 8, 00:0021.5N 114.6E75 kt977 mbTyphoon
Oct 8, 06:0021.6N 114.3E80 kt973 mbTyphoon
Oct 8, 12:0021.6N 114.0E90 kt968 mbTyphoon
Oct 8, 18:0021.7N 113.6E70 kt981 mbTyphoon
Oct 9, 00:0021.8N 113.4E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0021.7N 113.1E40 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0021.2N 112.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 9, 18:0020.9N 111.8E25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 00:0020.6N 111.3E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 2023

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.