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WESTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2020 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 28 storms · 11 May 2020–24 Dec 2020

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY151.1
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2020 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 BengalVongfong: 11 May–18 May, peak 100 kt, Category 3Nuri: 11 Jun–14 Jun, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 12 Jul–13 Jul, no US-agency windSinlaku: 1 Aug–3 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormHagupit: 30 Jul–4 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Jangmi: 6 Aug–10 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormMekkhala: 9 Aug–11 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 9 Aug–13 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormHigos: 17 Aug–20 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormBavi: 20 Aug–27 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Maysak: 28 Aug–3 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Haishen: 30 Aug–7 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 11 Sep–11 Sep, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionNoul: 15 Sep–19 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormDolphin: 20 Sep–23 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormKujira: 25 Sep–29 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Chan-Hom: 4 Oct–12 Oct, peak 80 kt, Category 1Linfa: 6 Oct–12 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormNangka: 11 Oct–14 Oct, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 14 Oct–16 Oct, no US-agency windSaudel: 19 Oct–25 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 19 Oct–23 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionMolave: 24 Oct–29 Oct, peak 105 kt, Category 3Goni: 27 Oct–6 Nov, peak 170 kt, Category 5Atsani: 29 Oct–7 Nov, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormEtau: 6 Nov–10 Nov, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormVamco: 8 Nov–16 Nov, peak 115 kt, Category 4Krovanh: 19 Dec–24 Dec, peak 30 kt, Tropical depression

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Vongfong–100Cat 39611,880
Nuri–35Tropical storm9951,600
Unnamed–—Unclassified—280
Hagupit–75Cat 19714,130
Sinlaku–45Tropical storm9891,320
Jangmi–40Tropical storm9903,110
Unnamed–45Tropical storm1000970
Mekkhala–70Cat 1980940
Higos–60Tropical storm9881,040
Bavi–100Cat 39422,060
Maysak–120Cat 49303,040
Haishen–135Cat 49132,750
Unnamed–25Tropical depression1004520
Noul–50Tropical storm9901,640
Dolphin–55Tropical storm9832,750
Kujira–65Cat 19742,590
Chan-Hom–80Cat 19633,230
Linfa–40Tropical storm9991,180
Nangka–50Tropical storm989890
Unnamed–—Unclassified—890
Saudel–75Cat 19752,420
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1001700
Molave–105Cat 39522,090
Goni–170Cat 58842,410
Atsani–50Tropical storm9932,450
Etau–45Tropical storm9951,590
Vamco–115Cat 49452,090
Krovanh–30Tropical depression10022,100

28 storms with an IBTrACS 2020 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 11 May 2020, last 24 Dec 2020.

Tropical storms23

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

Typhoons12

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)7

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormGoni

170 kt · 196 mph / 315 km/h

Lowest pressure884 hPa

Goni, 31 Oct 2020

Longest track record16 days

Chan-Hom, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind2

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2020 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2020 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 12 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 23 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 2020 Pacific typhoon season?

Goni, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 170 kt (Category 5) on 31 Oct 2020, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 884 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2020?

1 storm in the 2020 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Goni.

When did the 2020 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 11 May 2020 and the last on 24 Dec 2020, from 28 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season?

Vongfong, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 13 May 2020, 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 2020 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