Typhoon Vongfong path, 2020

What the record says

Vongfong was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 10 days, from 8 May 2020 to 18 May 2020. Its peak was Category 3 (100 kt) on 13 May 2020, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 100 kt (115 mph, 185 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 960 hPa.

• Category 3peak intensity
• 100 ktpeak wind (115 mph)
• 960 hPalowest pressure
• 10 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific). The regional forecast centre (RSMC Tokyo (Japan Meteorological Agency)) gave a peak of 85 kt on its own averaging convention (10-minute winds), so the two figures differ.

It has its own page because it reached category 3 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 14 May 2020: Philippines (100 kt)
• 15 May 2020: Philippines (65 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Philippines
• Palau

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.