2018 Western Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Trami 2018
Trami slowed after reaching Category 5 strength, then accelerated northeastward into Japan. It arrived while parts of the country were still recovering from Typhoon Jebi earlier that month.
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161 mph
Sep 24, 2018 during the tropical stage
Full archive record, including non-tropical stages if present
Along the recorded center positions
STORM HISTORY
A strong peak followed by a slow drift
Trami developed southeast of Guam on September 20, became a named storm the next day and reached typhoon strength on September 22. Archived sustained winds peaked at 140 knots late on September 24, placing the cyclone at Category 5 intensity.
The storm then slowed and drifted northward. Cooler water stirred up beneath the circulation reduced the energy available to it, and Trami weakened. It resumed faster movement and turned northeastward on September 29.
Another damaging Japan landfall
Trami struck near Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture on September 30 and became extratropical the next day. More than 380,000 people evacuated, flights were canceled and transport services were disrupted. Four people died and hundreds were injured. Insured losses were estimated at 306 billion yen, approximately US$2.69 billion in 2018 dollars.
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QUICK ANSWERS
Trami in brief
What was Typhoon Trami's highest wind speed?
161 mph, the highest one-minute sustained wind in its tropical stage, recorded on Sep 24, 2018, 06:00 PM UTC.
What category was Typhoon Trami?
Category 5 at its peak on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale, first reaching Category 5 on Sep 24, 2018, 03:00 PM UTC. Other agencies classify storms differently.
What was Typhoon Trami's lowest pressure?
914 mb, the minimum central pressure recorded during its tropical stage, on Sep 24, 2018, 06:00 PM UTC.
When did Typhoon Trami occur?
The archived track runs from Sep 20, 2018, 06:00 AM UTC to Oct 3, 2018, 06:00 PM UTC, with the tropical stage from Sep 20, 2018, 06:00 PM UTC to Sep 30, 2018, 11:00 AM UTC.
Where did Typhoon Trami form?
In the Western Pacific basin, in the 2018 season. Its first archived position is 12.4°N, 146.5°E on Sep 20, 2018, 06:00 AM UTC.
Did Typhoon Trami make landfall?
The archive places its center over land at 1 recorded position; the strongest is 82 mph on Sep 30, 2018, 11:00 AM UTC. Positions are six-hourly, so this is not a landfall chronology.
METHODOLOGY
Data sources and limitations
The map and summary are generated from NOAA's IBTrACS v04r01 archive. Wind and category use US-agency records; minimum pressure is calculated during the tropical stage, with the archive's pressure source retained. Category 5 refers to the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale; local agencies may use different classifications. Coastlines use Natural Earth's 1:10m land data.
Track distance adds great-circle distances between consecutive observations, excluding gaps over 12 hours. This track has no gaps over 12 hours. The line shows the storm's center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Converted wind speeds are rounded to the nearest whole unit.
Archive retrieved
NOAA IBTrACS archive and Field documentation
Sources & methodology