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2006 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 28 storms · 4 Mar 2006–20 Dec 2006

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2006 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 28 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 BengalUnnamed: 4 Mar–7 Mar, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormChanchu: 9 May–17 May, peak 125 kt, Category 4Jelawat: 26 Jun–29 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormEwiniar: 29 Jun–10 Jul, peak 130 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 2 Jul–4 Jul, no US-agency windBilis: 7 Jul–15 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormKaemi: 18 Jul–25 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Prapiroon: 31 Jul–5 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Maria: 5 Aug–9 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormSaomai: 4 Aug–12 Aug, peak 140 kt, Category 5Bopha: 5 Aug–11 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormWukong: 12 Aug–21 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSonamu: 13 Aug–16 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 24 Aug–25 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionIoke: 27 Aug–6 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Shanshan: 10 Sep–18 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 10 Sep–13 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionYagi: 17 Sep–24 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 22 Sep–25 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionXangsane: 25 Sep–2 Oct, peak 125 kt, Category 4Bebinca: 28 Sep–6 Oct, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormRumbia: 2 Oct–6 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionSoulik: 9 Oct–16 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Cimaron: 26 Oct–7 Nov, peak 140 kt, Category 5Chebi: 9 Nov–14 Nov, peak 125 kt, Category 4Durian: 25 Nov–7 Dec, peak 135 kt, Category 4Utor: 7 Dec–14 Dec, peak 100 kt, Category 3Trami: 15 Dec–20 Dec, peak 30 kt, Tropical depression

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–35Tropical storm997870
Chanchu–125Cat 49162,870
Jelawat–45Tropical storm9911,740
Ewiniar–130Cat 49103,150
Unnamed–—Unclassified—430
Bilis–50Tropical storm9852,660
Kaemi–75Cat 19672,890
Prapiroon–70Cat 19721,580
Saomai–140Cat 58982,590
Maria–60Tropical storm9802,480
Bopha–55Tropical storm9841,180
Wukong–55Tropical storm9841,690
Sonamu–45Tropical storm9911,620
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1002540
Ioke–140Cat 59004,180
Shanshan–120Cat 49222,670
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1000740
Yagi–140Cat 58983,750
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1000700
Xangsane–125Cat 49161,540
Bebinca–35Tropical storm9921,900
Rumbia–30Tropical depression996890
Soulik–90Cat 29543,230
Cimaron–140Cat 58982,400
Chebi–125Cat 49162,000
Durian–135Cat 49044,230
Utor–100Cat 39442,050
Trami–30Tropical depression10002,140

28 storms with an IBTrACS 2006 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 4 Mar 2006, last 20 Dec 2006.

Tropical storms22

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

Typhoons14

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)11

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 54

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormSaomai

140 kt · 161 mph / 259 km/h

Lowest pressure898 hPa

Saomai, 9 Aug 2006

Longest track record15.3 days

Durian, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2006 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2006 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 14 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 22 tropical storms, with 11 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season?

Saomai, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 140 kt (Category 5) on 9 Aug 2006, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 898 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2006?

4 storms in the 2006 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Saomai, Ioke, Yagi, Cimaron.

When did the 2006 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 4 Mar 2006 and the last on 20 Dec 2006, from 28 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season?

Chanchu, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 10 May 2006, 15:00 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 2006 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