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2010 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 22 storms · 18 Jan 2010–20 Dec 2010

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY122.3
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2010 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 22 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: 18 Jan–20 Jan, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionOmais: 20 Mar–26 Mar, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormConson: 11 Jul–18 Jul, peak 80 kt, Category 1Chanthu: 18 Jul–23 Jul, peak 80 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 18 Jul–20 Jul, no US-agency windDianmu: 8 Aug–12 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormMindulle: 20 Aug–25 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Lionrock: 27 Aug–3 Sep, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormKompasu: 28 Aug–3 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Namtheun: 30 Aug–31 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormMalou: 1 Sep–10 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormMeranti: 7 Sep–11 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Fanapi: 14 Sep–21 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Malakas: 20 Sep–25 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 4 Oct–10 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionMegi: 12 Oct–23 Oct, peak 160 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 21 Oct–23 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionChaba: 21 Oct–30 Oct, peak 115 kt, Category 4Jal: 2 Nov–8 Nov, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 12 Nov–13 Nov, peak 28 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 12 Dec–13 Dec, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionOmeka: 16 Dec–20 Dec, no US-agency wind

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2010 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1000500
Omais–50Tropical storm9851,780
Conson–80Cat 19632,040
Chanthu–80Cat 19631,230
Unnamed–—Unclassified—360
Dianmu–55Tropical storm9822,290
Mindulle–65Cat 1974910
Lionrock–60Tropical storm9781,200
Kompasu–105Cat 39444,890
Namtheun–40Tropical storm993340
Malou–45Tropical storm9892,930
Meranti–65Cat 19742,590
Fanapi–105Cat 39441,920
Malakas–90Cat 29483,370
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1000500
Megi–160Cat 59032,360
Chaba–115Cat 49372,970
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10001,630
Jal–55Tropical storm9821,760
Unnamed–28Tropical depression1002470
Unnamed–25Tropical depression1004420
Omeka–—Unclassified—550*

* Track has gaps over 12 hours, so its distance is partial.

22 storms with an IBTrACS 2010 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 18 Jan 2010, last 20 Dec 2010.

Tropical storms16

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

Typhoons9

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)4

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormMegi

160 kt · 184 mph / 296 km/h

Lowest pressure903 hPa

Megi, 17 Oct 2010

Longest track record12.8 days

Megi, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind2

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2010 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2010 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 9 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 16 tropical storms, with 4 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2010 Pacific typhoon season?

Megi, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 160 kt (Category 5) on 17 Oct 2010, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 903 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2010?

1 storm in the 2010 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Megi.

When did the 2010 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 18 Jan 2010 and the last on 20 Dec 2010, from 22 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2010 Pacific typhoon season?

Conson, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 12 Jul 2010, 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 2010 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