Tropical Storm Etau (2026)

Tropical Storm Etau peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between August 27, 2026 and August 31, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Etau, 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: August 27, 2026 to August 31, 2026
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure: 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 2086 km (1296 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 1.9
Identifier: WP212026

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Aug 27, 00:00	20.4N 167.7E	29 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Aug 27, 06:00	21.2N 168.0E	39 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Aug 27, 12:00	22.0N 168.0E	39 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Aug 27, 18:00	23.1N 167.8E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Aug 28, 00:00	24.1N 167.4E	45 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Aug 28, 06:00	24.6N 166.8E	45 kt	992 mb	Not reported
Aug 28, 12:00	25.2N 166.5E	45 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Aug 28, 18:00	26.2N 166.0E	45 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Aug 29, 00:00	26.4N 165.8E	35 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Aug 29, 06:00	28.2N 165.7E	39 kt	991 mb	Not reported
Aug 29, 12:00	30.0N 165.4E	39 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Aug 29, 18:00	30.7N 164.9E	35 kt	992 mb	Not reported
Aug 30, 00:00	30.9N 164.7E	25 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Aug 30, 06:00	30.8N 165.3E	29 kt	991 mb	Not reported
Aug 30, 12:00	31.1N 166.0E	29 kt	991 mb	Not reported
Aug 30, 18:00	31.7N 166.8E	29 kt	991 mb	Not reported
Aug 31, 00:00	32.6N 167.8E	29 kt	991 mb	Not 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.