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2000 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 33 storms · 3 May 2000–5 Jan 2001

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2000 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 33 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalDamrey: 3 May–12 May, peak 155 kt, Category 5Longwang: 17 May–20 May, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 20 May–22 May, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 29 May–1 Jun, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 17 Jun–18 Jun, no US-agency windKirogi: 2 Jul–8 Jul, peak 115 kt, Category 4Kai-Tak: 2 Jul–10 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 10 Jul–20 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionTembin: 17 Jul–23 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBolaven: 19 Jul–31 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormChanchu: 27 Jul–30 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormJelawat: 31 Jul–12 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 6 Aug–10 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionEwiniar: 8 Aug–18 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Wene: 14 Aug–15 Aug, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 16 Aug–19 Aug, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionBilis: 17 Aug–25 Aug, peak 140 kt, Category 5Kaemi: 18 Aug–23 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormPrapiroon: 24 Aug–1 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Maria: 27 Aug–2 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSaomai: 31 Aug–16 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Wukong: 4 Sep–10 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Bopha: 4 Sep–12 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSonamu: 14 Sep–18 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Shanshan: 15 Sep–24 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 27 Sep–30 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 6 Oct–14 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormYagi: 21 Oct–28 Oct, peak 105 kt, Category 3Xangsane: 24 Oct–1 Nov, peak 90 kt, Category 2Bebinca: 30 Oct–8 Nov, peak 85 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 7 Nov–10 Nov, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionRumbia: 27 Nov–8 Dec, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSoulik: 28 Dec–5 Jan, peak 110 kt, Category 3

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2000 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Damrey–155Cat 59303,190
Longwang–40Tropical storm9903,570
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—690
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—880
Unnamed–—Unclassified—470
Kirogi–115Cat 49402,850
Kai-Tak–75Cat 19602,160
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—2,320
Tembin–45Tropical storm9921,620
Bolaven–50Tropical storm9802,940
Chanchu–40Tropical storm996680
Jelawat–125Cat 49402,360
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,240
Ewiniar–75Cat 19752,660
Wene–25Tropical depression—120
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—670
Bilis–140Cat 59202,670
Kaemi–45Tropical storm985810
Prapiroon–75Cat 19653,850
Maria–55Tropical storm9851,000
Saomai–140Cat 59254,110
Wukong–95Cat 29551,080
Bopha–55Tropical storm9882,080
Sonamu–75Cat 19802,950
Shanshan–135Cat 49252,770
Unnamed–35Tropical storm—430
Unnamed–40Tropical storm—800
Yagi–105Cat 39651,670
Xangsane–90Cat 29602,830
Bebinca–85Cat 29801,780
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—920
Rumbia–55Tropical storm9901,740
Soulik–110Cat 39551,240

33 storms with an IBTrACS 2000 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 3 May 2000, last 5 Jan 2001.

Tropical storms25

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Typhoons14

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)7

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 53

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormDamrey

155 kt · 178 mph / 287 km/h

Lowest pressure920 hPa

Bilis, 21 Aug 2000

Longest track record18.3 days

Saomai, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2000 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2000 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 14 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 25 tropical storms, with 7 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2000 Pacific typhoon season?

Damrey, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 155 kt (Category 5) on 9 May 2000, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 930 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2000?

3 storms in the 2000 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Damrey, Bilis, Saomai.

When did the 2000 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 3 May 2000 and the last on 5 Jan 2001, from 33 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2000 Pacific typhoon season?

Damrey, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 7 May 2000, 06:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Western Pacific basin for the 2000 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for typhoon strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Western Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology