Typhoon Saudel (2026)

Typhoon Saudel reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 18, 2026 and August 28, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Saudel, 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 18, 2026 to August 28, 2026
Peak strength: Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure: 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 23.2
Identifier: WP172026

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 25, 18:00 UTC

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 18, 12:00	7.9N 154.9E	25 kt	1006 mb	Not reported
Aug 18, 18:00	8.3N 154.6E	25 kt	1005 mb	Not reported
Aug 19, 00:00	8.0N 154.2E	29 kt	1003 mb	Not reported
Aug 19, 06:00	8.5N 154.1E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Aug 19, 12:00	9.4N 153.7E	35 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Aug 19, 18:00	10.5N 152.8E	35 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Aug 20, 00:00	11.4N 151.6E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Aug 20, 06:00	11.9N 150.9E	35 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Aug 20, 12:00	12.8N 150.2E	39 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Aug 20, 18:00	13.7N 149.6E	39 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Aug 21, 00:00	14.7N 149.0E	45 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Aug 21, 06:00	14.9N 148.5E	60 kt	987 mb	Not reported
Aug 21, 12:00	16.0N 148.1E	70 kt	983 mb	Not reported
Aug 21, 18:00	17.1N 147.3E	80 kt	975 mb	Not reported
Aug 22, 00:00	17.9N 146.5E	84 kt	973 mb	Not reported
Aug 22, 06:00	18.6N 145.8E	93 kt	963 mb	Not reported
Aug 22, 12:00	19.6N 144.8E	105 kt	956 mb	Not reported
Aug 22, 18:00	20.4N 143.6E	115 kt	956 mb	Not reported
Aug 23, 00:00	21.0N 142.3E	109 kt	950 mb	Not reported
Aug 23, 06:00	21.9N 140.9E	109 kt	949 mb	Not reported
Aug 23, 12:00	22.6N 139.4E	109 kt	949 mb	Not reported
Aug 23, 18:00	23.2N 137.9E	109 kt	945 mb	Not reported
Aug 24, 00:00	23.9N 136.3E	109 kt	944 mb	Not reported
Aug 24, 06:00	24.5N 134.7E	105 kt	947 mb	Not reported
Aug 24, 12:00	24.9N 133.5E	99 kt	954 mb	Not reported
Aug 24, 18:00	25.6N 132.3E	93 kt	957 mb	Not reported
Aug 25, 00:00	26.0N 131.1E	89 kt	961 mb	Not reported
Aug 25, 06:00	26.8N 130.1E	80 kt	965 mb	Not reported
Aug 25, 12:00	27.2N 129.0E	84 kt	963 mb	Not reported
Aug 25, 18:00	27.5N 128.1E	80 kt	966 mb	Not reported
Aug 26, 00:00	27.8N 127.3E	74 kt	970 mb	Not reported
Aug 26, 06:00	28.3N 126.5E	84 kt	960 mb	Not reported
Aug 26, 12:00	28.6N 125.9E	80 kt	963 mb	Not reported
Aug 26, 18:00	28.6N 125.3E	74 kt	965 mb	Not reported
Aug 27, 00:00	28.5N 124.9E	74 kt	966 mb	Not reported
Aug 27, 06:00	28.4N 124.2E	80 kt	962 mb	Not reported
Aug 27, 12:00	28.2N 123.5E	74 kt	965 mb	Not reported
Aug 27, 18:00	28.1N 122.6E	70 kt	968 mb	Not reported
Aug 28, 00:00	28.1N 121.0E	51 kt	982 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.