Western Pacific typhoons of category 4 and above in the 2016 season

Map of 8 locations in Western North Pacific

The 2016 Western Pacific season produced a run of storms that reached Saffir-Simpson category 4 or 5, from a July landfall on Taiwan to a typhoon that came ashore in the Philippines on Christmas Day. Each entry follows one historical system along its full track, from where it formed to where it struck, with the wind and pressure figures recorded at the time. Several set records for their basin, including one that ties the highest wind speed ever estimated in a typhoon.

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  • Typhoon Nock-ten (2016) — Nock-ten reached its peak at 06:00 UTC on 24 December, with ten-minute maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h (120 mph) and a central pressure…
  • Typhoon Haima (2016) — Haima developed from a tropical disturbance southwest of Chuuk State on 14 October and became a tropical storm the next day. It made landfa…
  • Typhoon Sarika (2016) — Called Karen in the Philippines, Sarika intensified rapidly as it turned west-northwest toward Luzon and reached its peak just before comin…
  • Typhoon Megi (2016) — Megi began as a tropical disturbance northeast of Pohnpei and reached 1-minute winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) with a central pressure of 933 h…
  • Typhoon Malakas (2016) — Malakas formed just south of Guam on 11 September and intensified to 1-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (134 mph) with a minimum pressure…
  • Typhoon Meranti (2016) — Meranti formed as a tropical depression near Guam on 8 September and reached super typhoon status within days, with JTWC-estimated 1-minute…
  • Typhoon Lionrock (2016) — Known in the Philippines as Dindo, Lionrock was a large and erratic system that tracked for roughly two weeks before turning on Japan in la…
  • Typhoon Nepartak (2016) — Tracking northwestward from early July, Nepartak became a typhoon on 5 July and reached its peak with a pinhole eye the following day. It c…

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