The 2026 season

Super Typhoon Dolphin (2026)

Super Typhoon Dolphin reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between July 27, 2026 and August 9, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 915 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Dolphin, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2026 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
July 27, 2026 to August 9, 2026
Peak strength
Category 5, 144 kt (166 mph)
Lowest pressure
915 mb (27.02 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
56.9
Identifier
WP122026

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 7, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 27, 00:0012.8N 178.3E29 kt1002 mbNot reported
Jul 27, 06:0013.4N 176.7E35 kt1001 mbNot reported
Jul 27, 12:0013.6N 175.2E45 kt998 mbNot reported
Jul 27, 18:0013.2N 173.7E45 kt997 mbNot reported
Jul 28, 00:0013.0N 172.8E60 kt988 mbNot reported
Jul 28, 06:0013.3N 171.7E74 kt980 mbNot reported
Jul 28, 12:0013.4N 170.7E99 kt960 mbNot reported
Jul 28, 18:0013.7N 169.9E124 kt937 mbNot reported
Jul 29, 00:0014.1N 169.1E119 kt941 mbNot reported
Jul 29, 06:0014.5N 168.4E119 kt941 mbNot reported
Jul 29, 12:0015.2N 167.7E128 kt935 mbNot reported
Jul 29, 18:0015.8N 166.8E144 kt915 mbNot reported
Jul 30, 00:0016.4N 165.7E138 kt921 mbNot reported
Jul 30, 06:0016.9N 164.9E138 kt919 mbNot reported
Jul 30, 12:0017.5N 163.9E128 kt931 mbNot reported
Jul 30, 18:0017.9N 162.9E134 kt924 mbNot reported
Jul 31, 00:0018.3N 161.9E134 kt924 mbNot reported
Jul 31, 06:0018.6N 161.0E138 kt915 mbNot reported
Jul 31, 12:0019.1N 160.1E128 kt927 mbNot reported
Jul 31, 18:0019.8N 159.1E124 kt932 mbNot reported
Aug 1, 00:0020.2N 158.3E124 kt933 mbNot reported
Aug 1, 06:0020.8N 157.5E119 kt937 mbNot reported
Aug 1, 12:0021.6N 156.2E119 kt937 mbNot reported
Aug 1, 18:0022.1N 154.9E124 kt930 mbNot reported
Aug 2, 00:0022.7N 153.5E124 kt931 mbNot reported
Aug 2, 06:0023.2N 152.2E119 kt935 mbNot reported
Aug 2, 12:0023.6N 150.9E109 kt943 mbNot reported
Aug 2, 18:0024.0N 149.4E105 kt945 mbNot reported
Aug 3, 00:0024.4N 148.4E99 kt949 mbNot reported
Aug 3, 06:0025.0N 147.1E93 kt949 mbNot reported
Aug 3, 12:0025.0N 145.7E89 kt955 mbNot reported
Aug 3, 18:0025.1N 144.2E93 kt952 mbNot reported
Aug 4, 00:0025.1N 143.2E99 kt947 mbNot reported
Aug 4, 06:0025.3N 141.9E115 kt933 mbNot reported
Aug 4, 12:0025.2N 140.6E109 kt935 mbNot reported
Aug 4, 18:0025.3N 139.3E105 kt935 mbNot reported
Aug 5, 00:0025.4N 138.3E99 kt943 mbNot reported
Aug 5, 06:0025.6N 137.2E99 kt941 mbNot reported
Aug 5, 12:0025.9N 136.2E89 kt949 mbNot reported
Aug 5, 18:0026.3N 135.0E80 kt956 mbNot reported
Aug 6, 00:0026.2N 133.5E80 kt956 mbNot reported
Aug 6, 06:0026.6N 132.6E80 kt956 mbNot reported
Aug 6, 12:0026.5N 131.5E80 kt957 mbNot reported
Aug 6, 18:0026.9N 130.4E80 kt957 mbNot reported
Aug 7, 00:0027.2N 128.8E84 kt955 mbNot reported
Aug 7, 06:0026.7N 128.1E89 kt951 mbNot reported
Aug 7, 12:0027.2N 127.2E89 kt951 mbNot reported
Aug 7, 18:0026.6N 126.5E89 kt948 mbNot reported
Aug 8, 00:0027.0N 126.0E80 kt954 mbNot reported
Aug 8, 06:0026.9N 125.2E74 kt956 mbNot reported
Aug 8, 12:0027.0N 124.8E74 kt950 mbNot reported
Aug 8, 18:0027.2N 124.0E74 kt955 mbNot reported
Aug 9, 00:0027.8N 123.2E70 kt959 mbNot reported
Aug 9, 06:0028.1N 121.9E74 kt954 mbNot reported
Aug 9, 12:0027.9N 120.6E64 kt958 mbNot reported
Aug 9, 18:0027.9N 119.7E54 kt970 mbNot reported

Other Western Pacific storms of 2026

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.