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Tropical Cyclones in 2017 > Tropical Cyclone Position and Intensity Data in 2017

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

Six-hourly position and intensity data are tabulated in this section for the following tropical cyclones in 2017 over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea (i.e. the area bounded by the Equator, 45°N, 100°E and 180°).

Tropical Cyclone Name
Tropical Depression (8 - 10 January) Typhoon Sanvu (1715)
Tropical Depression (14 - 17 April) Severe Tropical Storm Mawar (1716)
Tropical Depression Muifa (1701) Tropical Depression Guchol (1717)
Severe Tropical Storm Merbok (1702) Super Typhoon Talim (1718)
Severe Tropical Storm Nanmadol (1703) Severe Typhoon Doksuri (1719)
Severe Tropical Storm Talas (1704) Tropical Depression (23 - 25 September)
Super Typhoon Noru (1705) Tropical Depression (9 - 10 October)
Tropical Storm Kulap (1706) Severe Typhoon Khanun (1720)
Tropical Storm Roke (1707) Super Typhoon Lan (1721)
Tropical Storm Sonca (1708) Typhoon Saola (1722)
Typhoon Nesat (1709) Tropical Depression (31 October - 2 November)
Tropical Storm Haitang (1710) Typhoon Damrey (1723)
Tropical Storm Nalgae (1711) Tropical Storm Haikui (1724)
Severe Typhoon Banyan (1712) Tropical Storm Kirogi (1725)
Super Typhoon Hato (1713) Tropical Storm Kai-tak (1726)
Severe Tropical Storm Pakhar (1714) Typhoon Tembin (1727)

In this section, surface winds refer to wind speeds averaged over a period of 10 minutes given in the unit of m/s (1 m/s is about 1.94 knots or 3.6 km/h). Intensities of tropical cyclones are classified as follows:-

(a) T.D. - tropical depression
(b) T.S. - tropical storm
(c) S.T.S. - severe tropical storm
(d) T. - typhoon
(e) S.T. - severe typhoon
(f) SuperT. - super typhoon