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Tropical Cyclones in 2020 > Tropical Cyclone Position and Intensity Data in 2020

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2020

Six-hourly position and intensity data are tabulated in this section for the following tropical cyclones in 2020 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
Severe Typhoon Vongfong (2001) Severe Tropical Storm Dolphin (2012)
Tropical Storm Nuri (2002) Severe Tropical Storm Kujira (2013)
Tropical Depression (13 - 14 Jul) Typhoon Chan-hom (2014)
Tropical Storm Sinlaku (2003) Tropical Storm Linfa (2015)
Typhoon Hagupit (2004) Tropical Storm Nangka (2016)
Tropical Storm Jangmi (2005) Typhoon Saudel (2017)
Typhoon Mekkhala (2006) Severe Typhoon Molave (2018)
Tropical Depression (10 - 12 Aug) Super Typhoon Goni (2019)
Typhoon Higos (2007) Severe Tropical Storm Atsani (2020)
Severe Typhoon Bavi (2008) Tropical Storm Etau (2021)
Super Typhoon Maysak (2009) Severe Typhoon Vamco (2022)
Super Typhoon Haishen (2010) Tropical Depression Krovanh (2023)
Tropical Storm Noul (2011)

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