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 of 915 hPa, the latest-forming typhoon on record to reach that intensity or stronger. It then made four separate landfalls on Christmas Day.

Formed (UTC)

2016-12-20

Dissipated (UTC)

2016-12-28

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

140

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

Deaths, as sources state them

13

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2016355N07146

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, philippines, christmas, category 5

Coordinates: 13.143727119138802, 128.7250915234448

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

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