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2012 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 27 storms · 14 Feb 2012–29 Dec 2012

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2012 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 27 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: 14 Feb–21 Feb, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionPakhar: 26 Mar–2 Apr, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormSanvu: 21 May–27 May, peak 80 kt, Category 1Mawar: 31 May–6 Jun, peak 105 kt, Category 3Guchol: 10 Jun–19 Jun, peak 130 kt, Category 4Talim: 16 Jun–21 Jun, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormDoksuri: 25 Jun–30 Jun, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormKhanun: 15 Jul–19 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormVicente: 18 Jul–24 Jul, peak 115 kt, Category 4Saola: 26 Jul–4 Aug, peak 90 kt, Category 2Damrey: 27 Jul–4 Aug, peak 80 kt, Category 1Haikui: 2 Aug–10 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Kirogi: 3 Aug–10 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormKai-Tak: 11 Aug–18 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Tembin: 17 Aug–30 Aug, peak 120 kt, Category 4Bolaven: 18 Aug–29 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Sanba: 10 Sep–17 Sep, peak 155 kt, Category 5Jelawat: 19 Sep–1 Oct, peak 140 kt, Category 5Ewiniar: 24 Sep–29 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormGaemi: 29 Sep–7 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormMaliksi: 30 Sep–3 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormPrapiroon: 5 Oct–19 Oct, peak 105 kt, Category 3Maria: 12 Oct–19 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSon-Tinh: 21 Oct–29 Oct, peak 105 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 12 Nov–15 Nov, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionBopha: 25 Nov–9 Dec, peak 150 kt, Category 5Wukong: 23 Dec–29 Dec, peak 35 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–25Tropical depression10041,360
Pakhar–60Tropical storm978640
Sanvu–80Cat 19632,850
Mawar–105Cat 39444,160
Guchol–130Cat 49263,620
Talim–50Tropical storm9851,000
Doksuri–40Tropical storm9931,660
Khanun–55Tropical storm9821,930
Vicente–115Cat 49371,580
Saola–90Cat 29561,800
Damrey–80Cat 19632,050
Haikui–65Cat 19741,790
Kirogi–45Tropical storm9892,750
Kai-Tak–65Cat 19741,870
Tembin–120Cat 49332,610
Bolaven–125Cat 49294,510
Sanba–155Cat 59072,600
Jelawat–140Cat 59184,600
Ewiniar–55Tropical storm9822,540
Gaemi–55Tropical storm9821,430
Maliksi–45Tropical storm9893,450
Prapiroon–105Cat 39444,990
Maria–55Tropical storm9822,000
Son-Tinh–105Cat 39442,080
Unnamed–25Tropical depression1004840
Bopha–150Cat 59113,080
Wukong–35Tropical storm9961,790

27 storms with an IBTrACS 2012 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 14 Feb 2012, last 29 Dec 2012.

Tropical storms25

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

Typhoons15

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)10

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 53

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormSanba

155 kt · 178 mph / 287 km/h

Lowest pressure907 hPa

Sanba, 13 Sept 2012

Longest track record18.6 days

Prapiroon, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2012 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2012 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 15 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 25 tropical storms, with 10 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season?

Sanba, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 155 kt (Category 5) on 13 Sept 2012, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 907 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2012?

3 storms in the 2012 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Sanba, Jelawat, Bopha.

When did the 2012 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 14 Feb 2012 and the last on 29 Dec 2012, from 27 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season?

Sanvu, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 24 May 2012, 12:00 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 2012 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