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2018 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 37 storms · 29 Dec 2017–7 Jan 2019

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2018 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 37 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 BengalBolaven: 29 Dec–4 Jan, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormSanba: 8 Feb–14 Feb, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormJelawat: 25 Mar–1 Apr, peak 130 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 10 May–14 May, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormEwiniar: 2 Jun–11 Jun, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormMaliksi: 3 Jun–11 Jun, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 13 Jun–14 Jun, no US-agency windGaemi: 13 Jun–15 Jun, peak 38 kt, Tropical stormPrapiroon: 28 Jun–4 Jul, peak 80 kt, Category 1Maria: 3 Jul–11 Jul, peak 145 kt, Category 5Son-Tinh: 14 Jul–24 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormAmpil: 17 Jul–24 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 20 Jul–24 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormWukong: 22 Jul–26 Jul, peak 65 kt, Category 1Jongdari: 23 Jul–3 Aug, peak 90 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 30 Jul–1 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionShanshan: 2 Aug–10 Aug, peak 85 kt, Category 2Yagi: 6 Aug–15 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBebinca: 9 Aug–17 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormLeepi: 10 Aug–15 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Hector: 13 Aug–14 Aug, peak 43 kt, Tropical stormRumbia: 14 Aug–19 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormSoulik: 15 Aug–24 Aug, peak 105 kt, Category 3Cimaron: 16 Aug–24 Aug, peak 115 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 22 Aug–25 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionJebi: 26 Aug–4 Sep, peak 155 kt, Category 5Mangkhut: 6 Sep–17 Sep, peak 155 kt, Category 5Barijat: 8 Sep–13 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormTrami: 20 Sep–30 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 26 Sep–27 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionKong-Rey: 28 Sep–6 Oct, peak 150 kt, Category 5Yutu: 21 Oct–2 Nov, peak 150 kt, Category 5Usagi: 17 Nov–26 Nov, peak 90 kt, Category 2Toraji: 17 Nov–20 Nov, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionMan-Yi: 19 Nov–28 Nov, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 27 Dec–30 Dec, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionPabuk: 31 Dec–7 Jan, peak 50 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Bolaven–35Tropical storm10011,750
Sanba–40Tropical storm9992,420
Jelawat–130Cat 49262,090
Unnamed–35Tropical storm1004880
Ewiniar–40Tropical storm9961,610
Maliksi–60Tropical storm9742,800
Unnamed–—Unclassified—500
Gaemi–38Tropical storm9932,340
Prapiroon–80Cat 19601,890
Maria–145Cat 59102,500
Son-Tinh–50Tropical storm9892,820
Ampil–55Tropical storm9822,760
Unnamed–35Tropical storm9951,200
Wukong–65Cat 19741,780
Jongdari–90Cat 29503,570
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1000760
Shanshan–85Cat 29532,800
Yagi–45Tropical storm9832,180
Bebinca–60Tropical storm9791,360
Leepi–65Cat 19821,600
Hector–43Tropical storm1003960
Rumbia–50Tropical storm9781,830
Soulik–105Cat 39425,040
Cimaron–115Cat 49362,900
Unnamed–30Tropical depression997440
Jebi–155Cat 59074,200
Mangkhut–155Cat 58963,990
Barijat–45Tropical storm9961,030
Trami–140Cat 59144,640
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1001980
Kong-Rey–150Cat 59063,870
Yutu–150Cat 59042,970
Toraji–30Tropical depression1000870
Usagi–90Cat 29714,730
Man-Yi–95Cat 29594,640
Unnamed–30Tropical depression9981,390
Pabuk–50Tropical storm9961,690

37 storms with an IBTrACS 2018 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 29 Dec 2017, last 7 Jan 2019.

Tropical storms31

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

Typhoons16

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)9

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 56

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormJebi

155 kt · 178 mph / 287 km/h

Lowest pressure896 hPa

Mangkhut, 12 Sept 2018

Longest track record19.8 days

Usagi, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2018 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2018 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 16 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 31 tropical storms, with 9 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season?

Jebi, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 155 kt (Category 5) on 31 Aug 2018, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 907 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2018?

6 storms in the 2018 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Maria, Jebi, Mangkhut, Trami, Kong-Rey, Yutu.

When did the 2018 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 29 Dec 2017 and the last on 7 Jan 2019, from 37 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season?

Jelawat, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 29 Mar 2018, 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 2018 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