2013 Pacific typhoon season
| 2013 Pacific typhoon season |
Season summary map
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| Seasonal boundaries |
| First system formed |
January 1, 2013 |
| Last system dissipated |
December 3, 2013 |
| Strongest storm |
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| Name |
Haiyan |
| • Maximum winds |
230 km/h (145 mph)
(10-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure |
895 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics |
| Total depressions |
50 |
| Total storms |
31 |
| Typhoons |
13 |
| Super typhoons |
5 (Unofficial)
|
| Total fatalities |
6828 total |
| Total damage |
$22.8 billion (2013 USD) |
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Pacific typhoon seasons
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
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| Severe tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
January 1 – January 10 |
| Peak intensity |
95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 990 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical depression (JMA) |
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| Duration |
January 6 – January 13 |
| Peak intensity |
55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min) 1002 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
February 18 – February 23 |
| Peak intensity |
65 km/h (40 mph) (10-min) 1002 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 6 – June 12 |
| Peak intensity |
85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min) 990 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 16 – June 21 |
| Peak intensity |
75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 994 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 19 – June 24 |
| Peak intensity |
75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 990 hPa (mbar) |
| Severe tropical storm (JMA) |
| Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 27 – July 2 |
| Peak intensity |
95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 985 hPa (mbar) |
| Typhoon (JMA) |
| Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
July 7 – July 14 |
| Peak intensity |
185 km/h (115 mph) (10-min) 925 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
July 15 – July 18 |
| Peak intensity |
75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 1000 hPa (mbar) |
The 2013 Pacific typhoon season was the most active Pacific typhoon season since 2004, as well as the deadliest since 1975. It was an above-average season with 31 named storms, 13 typhoons and five intense typhoons. The season's first named storm, Sonamu, developed on January 4 while the season's last named storm, Podul, dissipated on November 15. Most of the first seventeen named storms before mid-September were relatively weak, as only two of them reached the typhoon strength.
Typhoon Soulik in July was the strongest tropical cyclone to affect Taiwan in 2013. In August, Typhoon Utor cost US$2.6 billion damage and killed 97 people, becoming the second deadliest tropical cyclone of the Philippines in 2013. Three systems in August, Pewa, Unala and 03C, continuously crossed the International Date Line from the Central Pacific and entered this basin. Typhoon Haiyan destructively impacted Philippines as a Category 5 super typhoon, killing more than 6,000 people.
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator between 100°E and the 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones, which often results in a storm having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) anywhere in the basin, whilst the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigns names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as tropical depressions in their area of responsibility, located between 115°E and 135°E and between 5°N and 25°N, regardless of whether or not the tropical cyclone has already been given a name by the JMA. Tropical depressions monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) are given a number with a "W" suffix.
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