Timeline of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season

Timeline of the
2018 Pacific typhoon season
A map of the tracks of all the storms of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season.
Season summary map
Season boundaries
First system formedDecember 29, 2017
Last system dissipatedJanuary 8, 2019
Strongest system
NameKong-rey & Yutu
Maximum winds215 km/h (130 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
Lowest pressure900 hPa (mbar)
Longest lasting system
NameTyphoon Yutu
Duration13.25 days
Storm articles
Other years
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

The 2018 Pacific typhoon season was formerly the costliest Pacific typhoon season on record before being surpassed the following year. The season had no official boundaries, and storms can form year-round, as evidenced by the formation of Tropical Storm Bolaven in late December 2017, and Tropical Storm Pabuk on December 31, 2018. Despite this, activity usually peaks between May and November. The season featured above-average activity, with 29 named storms, 13 typhoons, and 7 super typhoons forming in the West Pacific.[1][2][nb 1]

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is the official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for the Western Pacific Basin. As such, it is responsible for assigning names to all tropical cyclones that reach 10-minute maximum sustained winds of at least 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph) in the region.[4] The PAGASA assigns names to tropical cyclones that form or enter their area of responsibility as a tropical depression or stronger, regardless if the cyclone has been assigned a name by the JMA.[5] The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also monitors systems in the Western Pacific Basin, assigning systems a number with a "W" suffix if the system is a tropical depression or stronger.

Timeline

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Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019)Tropical Depression UsmanTropical Storm Toraji (2018)Tropical Storm Usagi (2018)Typhoon YutuTyphoon Kong-rey (2018)Typhoon TramiTropical Storm BarijatTyphoon MangkhutTyphoon Jebi (2018)Typhoon Cimaron (2018)Typhoon Soulik (2018)Tropical Storm RumbiaHurricane Hector (2018)Tropical Storm Bebinca (2018)Tropical Storm Yagi (2018)Typhoon JongdariTropical Depression JosieTropical Storm AmpilTropical Storm Son-Tinh (2018)Typhoon Maria (2018)Typhoon Prapiroon (2018)Tropical Storm Maliksi (2018)Tropical Storm Ewiniar (2018)Tropical Storm Sanba (2018)Tropical Storm Bolaven (2018)

January

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January 1

January 2

  • 02:45 UTC – 01W makes its sixth and final landfall on Aborlan.[8]

January 3

January 4

February

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February 8

February 10

February 11

February 13

February 14

February 15

February 16

March

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March 24

March 25

March 27

March 28

March 29

March 30

March 31

April

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April 1

May

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May 10

May 12

May 13

May 14

May 15

June

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June 2

June 3

June 4

June 5

June 6

June 7

June 8

June 9

June 10

June 11

June 13

June 14

June 15

June 16

June 17

June 18

  • 06:00 UTC – the South China Sea tropical depression dissipates.[24]

June 21

  • 18:00 UTC – Gaemi dissipates.[1]

June 28

June 29

July

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July 1

July 2

July 3

July 4

July 5

July 6

July 8

July 9

July 10

July 11

July 13

  • 00:00 UTC – Maria dissipates over Central China.[1]

July 14

July 15

July 16

11W made 3 landfalls on Camiguin de Babuyanes, Fuga Island, and Dalupiri Island.[32]

July 17

July 18

Son-Tinh made a fifth landfall on Hà Tĩnh Province.[37]

July 19

July 20

July 21

July 22

Son-Tinh made a sixth landfall on Hainan.[7]

July 23

Son-Tinh made a seventh and eighth landfall on the Leizhou Peninsula.[7]

July 24

July 25

July 26

July 27

July 28

July 29

July 30

July 31

August

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August 1

August 2

August 3

August 4

August 5

August 6

August 7

August 8

August 9

August 10

August 11

August 12

August 13

August 14

August 15

August 16

August 17

August 18

August 19

August 20

August 21

August 22

August 23

August 24

August 25

August 26

August 27

August 28

August 29

August 30

August 31

September

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September 1

September 2

September 3

September 4

September 5

September 6

September 7

September 8

September 9

September 10

September 11

September 12

September 13

September 14

  • 17:30 UTC – Mangkhut makes its first landfall on Baggao.[76]

September 15

September 16

September 17

September 18

  • 00:00 UTC – Mangkhut dissipates over Southern China.[1]

September 20

September 21

September 22

September 23

September 24

September 25

September 26

September 27

September 28

September 29

September 30

October

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October 1

October 2

October 3

October 4

October 5

October 6

October 7

  • 18:00 UTC – Kong-rey dissipates.[1]

October 19

October 20

October 21

October 22

October 23

October 24

October 25

October 26

October 27

October 28

October 29

October 30

October 31

November

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November 2

November 3

  • 06:00 UTC – Yutu dissipates over the South China Sea.[1]

November 13

November 16

November 17

November 18