Super Typhoon Mawar (2023)
Super Typhoon Mawar reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between May 18, 2023 and June 3, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 891 mb. It killed 2 people in the United States, by the National Weather Service’s record.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Mawar, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- May 18, 2023 to June 3, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 165 kt (190 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 891 mb (26.31 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 286 km (178 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 54.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 385 nmi (713 km, 443 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 165 kt (190 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 33 kt (38 mph)
- Identifier
- WP022023
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
2 deaths (0 direct, 2 indirect)$4.0 billion
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 2 (0 direct, 2 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $4.0 billion
- Crop damage
- $10 million
- Events recorded
- 3 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guam | 2 | 0 | $4.0 billion | 3 |
What was recorded
3 hurricane (typhoon).
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 00:00 | 5.4N 150.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 18, 06:00 | 5.0N 150.6E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 18, 12:00 | 4.7N 150.4E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| May 18, 18:00 | 4.5N 150.1E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| May 19, 00:00 | 4.4N 149.7E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| May 19, 06:00 | 4.4N 149.3E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| May 19, 12:00 | 4.6N 149.1E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 19, 18:00 | 4.9N 149.1E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 20, 00:00 | 5.2N 149.5E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 20, 06:00 | 5.4N 149.5E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 20, 12:00 | 5.6N 149.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 18:00 | 6.6N 149.1E | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 00:00 | 7.0N 148.9E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 06:00 | 7.6N 148.1E | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 12:00 | 8.0N 147.8E | 65 kt | 988 mb | Typhoon |
| May 21, 18:00 | 8.4N 147.8E | 75 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| May 22, 00:00 | 9.0N 147.4E | 85 kt | 973 mb | Typhoon |
| May 22, 06:00 | 9.4N 147.0E | 90 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| May 22, 12:00 | 10.0N 146.9E | 90 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| May 22, 18:00 | 10.5N 146.8E | 100 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| May 23, 00:00 | 11.2N 146.8E | 115 kt | 947 mb | Typhoon |
| May 23, 06:00 | 11.8N 146.4E | 135 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 23, 12:00 | 12.2N 146.0E | 135 kt | 924 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 23, 18:00 | 12.7N 145.7E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 00:00 | 13.0N 145.6E | 105 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 06:00 | 13.6N 145.3E | 115 kt | 946 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 12:00 | 13.8N 144.7E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 18:00 | 14.1N 144.2E | 125 kt | 935 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 00:00 | 14.2N 143.5E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 25, 06:00 | 14.5N 142.8E | 145 kt | 913 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 25, 12:00 | 14.7N 141.5E | 155 kt | 902 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 25, 18:00 | 14.9N 140.4E | 155 kt | 903 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 26, 00:00 | 15.1N 139.2E | 165 kt | 891 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 26, 06:00 | 15.3N 137.9E | 160 kt | 897 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 26, 12:00 | 15.7N 136.5E | 145 kt | 914 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 26, 18:00 | 16.0N 134.9E | 140 kt | 919 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 27, 00:00 | 16.3N 133.5E | 135 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 27, 06:00 | 16.6N 132.2E | 130 kt | 928 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 27, 12:00 | 16.8N 130.9E | 125 kt | 934 mb | Typhoon |
| May 27, 18:00 | 17.0N 129.7E | 115 kt | 942 mb | Typhoon |
| May 28, 00:00 | 17.2N 128.7E | 110 kt | 947 mb | Typhoon |
| May 28, 06:00 | 17.6N 127.9E | 105 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| May 28, 12:00 | 18.0N 127.3E | 105 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| May 28, 18:00 | 18.6N 126.7E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| May 29, 00:00 | 19.0N 126.2E | 105 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| May 29, 06:00 | 19.4N 125.8E | 105 kt | 946 mb | Typhoon |
| May 29, 12:00 | 19.7N 125.6E | 90 kt | 957 mb | Typhoon |
| May 29, 18:00 | 20.1N 125.4E | 85 kt | 964 mb | Typhoon |
| May 30, 00:00 | 20.4N 125.1E | 80 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| May 30, 06:00 | 20.6N 125.0E | 75 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| May 30, 12:00 | 20.9N 125.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 30, 18:00 | 21.2N 125.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 31, 00:00 | 21.5N 125.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 31, 06:00 | 22.3N 125.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 31, 12:00 | 22.7N 125.5E | 55 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 31, 18:00 | 23.5N 125.3E | 55 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 00:00 | 24.2N 125.9E | 45 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 06:00 | 24.9N 126.4E | 40 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 12:00 | 25.8N 127.3E | 45 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 18:00 | 26.8N 128.1E | 45 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 00:00 | 27.5N 129.6E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 06:00 | 28.3N 131.3E | 40 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 12:00 | 28.9N 133.2E | 45 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 18:00 | 29.8N 135.3E | 35 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 3, 00:00 | 30.7N 137.6E | 35 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 3, 06:00 | 32.5N 141.0E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 3, 12:00 | 34.1N 144.4E | 996 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm SanvuWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon TalimWestern Pacific · 2023
- Super Typhoon DoksuriWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon KhanunWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon LanWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm DamreyWestern Pacific · 2023
- Super Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2023 · 3 deaths
- Typhoon HaikuiWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon KirogiWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm Yun-YeungWestern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon KoinuWestern Pacific · 2023
- Super Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm SanbaWestern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Depression JelawatWestern Pacific · 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.