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WESTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2023 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 20 storms · 11 Apr 2023–18 Dec 2023

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY268.4
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2023 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 20 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: 11 Apr–13 Apr, no US-agency windSanvu: 19 Apr–22 Apr, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormMawar: 19 May–2 Jun, peak 165 kt, Category 5Guchol: 6 Jun–12 Jun, peak 95 kt, Category 2Talim: 13 Jul–19 Jul, peak 80 kt, Category 1Doksuri: 20 Jul–28 Jul, peak 130 kt, Category 4Khanun: 27 Jul–10 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Lan: 7 Aug–17 Aug, peak 120 kt, Category 4Dora: 12 Aug–16 Aug, peak 98 kt, Category 3Damrey: 22 Aug–28 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormSaola: 22 Aug–4 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Haikui: 27 Aug–5 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Kirogi: 29 Aug–6 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Yun-Yeung: 5 Sep–8 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 25 Sep–26 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionKoinu: 29 Sep–9 Oct, peak 120 kt, Category 4Bolaven: 7 Oct–14 Oct, peak 165 kt, Category 5Sanba: 17 Oct–20 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 11 Nov–17 Nov, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionJelawat: 17 Dec–18 Dec, peak 30 kt, Tropical depression

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2023 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–—Unclassified—340
Sanvu–45Tropical storm9991,330
Mawar–165Cat 58913,450
Guchol–95Cat 29583,580
Talim–80Cat 19641,280
Doksuri–130Cat 49282,120
Khanun–125Cat 49242,900
Lan–120Cat 49322,720
Dora–98Cat 39672,280
Damrey–60Tropical storm9793,690
Saola–140Cat 59171,720
Haikui–105Cat 39452,290
Kirogi–70Cat 19812,640
Yun-Yeung–45Tropical storm9881,070
Unnamed–30Tropical depression995790
Koinu–120Cat 49362,100
Bolaven–165Cat 58973,560
Sanba–45Tropical storm996670
Unnamed–25Tropical depression9961,430
Jelawat–30Tropical depression10021,000

20 storms with an IBTrACS 2023 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 11 Apr 2023, last 18 Dec 2023.

Tropical storms16

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

Typhoons12

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)9

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 53

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormMawar

165 kt · 190 mph / 306 km/h

Lowest pressure891 hPa

Mawar, 26 May 2023

Longest track record16.5 days

Mawar, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2023 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2023 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 12 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 16 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 2023 Pacific typhoon season?

Mawar, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 165 kt (Category 5) on 26 May 2023, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 891 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2023?

3 storms in the 2023 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Mawar, Saola, Bolaven.

When did the 2023 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 11 Apr 2023 and the last on 18 Dec 2023, from 20 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2023 Pacific typhoon season?

Mawar, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 21 May 2023, 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 2023 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