2014 Western Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Hagupit 2014
Hagupit reached Category 5 strength before making a slow crossing of the Philippines. Known locally as Ruby, the cyclone weakened through several landfalls and failed to recover over the South China Sea.
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178 mph
Dec 4, 2014 during the tropical stage
Full archive record, including non-tropical stages if present
Along the recorded center positions
STORM HISTORY
A powerful peak northwest of Palau
Hagupit developed at the end of November and became a named tropical storm on December 1. It reached typhoon strength the next day, then intensified rapidly in a favorable environment. The archive records peak sustained winds of 155 knots on December 4, while the storm was northwest of Palau.
Its strength fluctuated before the Philippine approach. A brief recovery on December 5 gave way to renewed weakening as sinking air associated with an upper-level trough affected the circulation.
A slow crossing through the islands
Hagupit made its first Philippine landfall in Eastern Samar on December 6 and three more landfalls as it moved across the country. Slow movement and repeated land interaction weakened it to a tropical storm by December 8. It reached the South China Sea the next day with much less organized thunderstorm activity.
Unfavorable conditions prevented another recovery. Hagupit weakened to a depression on December 11 and dissipated southeast of Ho Chi Minh City on December 12.
IMPACT
Reported impact
| Deaths | 19 |
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Facts from Wikidata.
Further reading
QUICK ANSWERS
Hagupit in brief
What was Typhoon Hagupit's highest wind speed?
178 mph, the highest one-minute sustained wind in its tropical stage, recorded on Dec 4, 2014, 12:00 AM UTC.
What category was Typhoon Hagupit?
Category 5 at its peak on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale, first reaching Category 5 on Dec 3, 2014, 09:00 PM UTC. Other agencies classify storms differently.
What was Typhoon Hagupit's lowest pressure?
907 mb, the minimum central pressure recorded during its tropical stage, on Dec 4, 2014, 12:00 AM UTC.
When did Typhoon Hagupit occur?
The archived track runs from Nov 30, 2014, 06:00 AM UTC to Dec 12, 2014, 12:00 PM UTC, with the tropical stage from Nov 30, 2014, 12:00 PM UTC to Dec 11, 2014, 09:00 PM UTC.
Where did Typhoon Hagupit form?
In the Western Pacific basin, in the 2014 season. Its first archived position is 2.1°N, 156.4°E on Nov 30, 2014, 06:00 AM UTC.
Did Typhoon Hagupit make landfall?
The archive places its center over land at 2 recorded positions; the strongest is 115 mph on Dec 6, 2014, 06:00 PM UTC. Positions are six-hourly, so this is not a landfall chronology.
How many people died in Typhoon Hagupit?
19 deaths are recorded by Wikidata.
METHODOLOGY
Data sources and limitations
The map and summary are generated from NOAA's IBTrACS v04r01 archive. Wind and category use US-agency records; minimum pressure is calculated during the tropical stage, with the archive's pressure source retained. Category 5 refers to the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale; local agencies may use different classifications. Coastlines use Natural Earth's 1:10m land data.
Track distance adds great-circle distances between consecutive observations, excluding gaps over 12 hours. This track has no gaps over 12 hours. The line shows the storm's center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Converted wind speeds are rounded to the nearest whole unit.
Archive retrieved
NOAA IBTrACS archive and Field documentation
Sources & methodology