2004 Western Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Nida 2004
Typhoon Nida crossed Catanduanes in May 2004 after reaching Category 5 strength. Known as Dindo in the Philippines, it brought heavy rain before turning north and northeast into the Pacific.
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161 mph
May 16, 2004 during the tropical stage
Full archive record, including non-tropical stages if present
Along the recorded center positions
STORM HISTORY
Strengthening southeast of the Philippines
Nida developed from persistent thunderstorms within the monsoon trough near Palau. It organized into a depression on May 13 and intensified while moving northwest. By May 16, maximum one-minute winds had reached 140 kt, equivalent to Category 5, around a distinct eye.
Across Catanduanes and back over water
Nida's center crossed Catanduanes on May 17. The archive records an overland position with winds of 130 kt, below its offshore peak but still a powerful typhoon. It weakened during the crossing, then regained strength over the warm western Pacific as it turned north.
The typhoon later weakened and accelerated northeast, passing east of Japan before becoming extratropical. The saved account records 31 deaths and about US$1.3 million in damage in 2004 currency, following the heavy rain and wind across the Philippines.
Further reading
QUICK ANSWERS
Nida in brief
What was Typhoon Nida's highest wind speed?
161 mph, the highest one-minute sustained wind in its tropical stage, recorded on May 16, 2004, 12:00 PM UTC.
What category was Typhoon Nida?
Category 5 at its peak on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale, first reaching Category 5 on May 16, 2004, 12:00 PM UTC. Other agencies classify storms differently.
What was Typhoon Nida's lowest pressure?
898 mb, the minimum central pressure recorded during its tropical stage, on May 16, 2004, 12:00 PM UTC.
When did Typhoon Nida occur?
The archived track runs from May 13, 2004, 12:00 AM UTC to May 22, 2004, 06:00 PM UTC, with the tropical stage from May 13, 2004, 12:00 PM UTC to May 21, 2004, 03:00 AM UTC.
Where did Typhoon Nida form?
In the Western Pacific basin, in the 2004 season. Its first archived position is 7.2°N, 132.3°E on May 13, 2004, 12:00 AM UTC.
Did Typhoon Nida make landfall?
The archive places its center over land at 1 recorded position; the strongest is 150 mph on May 17, 2004, 12:00 AM UTC. Positions are six-hourly, so this is not a landfall chronology.
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