Timeline of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season

The 2005 Pacific typhoon season

2005 Pacific typhoon season

The 2005 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 2005, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November...

has no official bounds; it runs year-round in 2005, but most tropical cyclone

Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain. Tropical cyclones strengthen when water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapor...

s tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

January

January 13

1800 UTC - The JTWC designates an area of low pressure as Tropical Depression 01W.

January 14

1800 UTC - The JTWC upgrades Tropical Depression 01W to a tropical storm.

January 15

1200 UTC - The JMA designates Tropical Storm 01W as Tropical Storm Kulap.

January 17

1200 UTC - The JMA upgrades Tropical Storm Kulap (01W) to a severe tropical storm.
1800 UTC - The JTWC upgrades Tropical Storm 01W (Kulap) to a typhoon.

January 18

0600 UTC - The JTWC downgrades Typhoon 01W (Kulap) to a tropical storm.
1800 UTC - The JTWC issues their final advisory as Tropical Storm 01W (Kulap) starts extratropical transition.
1800 UTC - The JMA downgrades Severe Tropical Storm Kulap (01W) to a tropical storm.

January 19

0600 UTC - The JMA issue their final advisory on Tropical Storm Kulap (01W) as the system becomes extratropical.

March

March 13

1200 UTC - The JTWC designates an area of low pressure as Tropical Depression 02W.

March 14

0600 UTC - The JTWC upgrades Tropical Depression 02W to a tropical storm.

March 15

0000 UTC - The JMA designates Tropical Storm 02W as Tropical Storm Roke.
1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Roke enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is designated Tropical Storm Auring by PAGASA for Philippine warnings.
1800 UTC - The JTWC upgrades Tropical Storm 02W (Roke) to a typhoon.
1500 UTC - Tropical Storm Roke (Auring) upgraded to Typhoon Roke (Auring).

March 16

0000 UTC - PAGASA upgrades Tropical Storm Auring (Roke) to a severe tropical storm.
0600 UTC - The JMA upgrades Tropical Storm Roke (02W) to a severe tropical storm.
1200 UTC - Typhoon Roke (Auring) approaching landfall south of Borongan, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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1800 UTC - The JMA downgrades Severe Tropical Storm Roke (02W) to a tropical storm.

March 17

0000 UTC - The JTWC downgrades Typhoon 02W (Roke) to a tropical storm.
0600 UTC - PAGASA downgrades Severe Tropical Storm Auring (Roke) to a tropical storm.
1200 UTC - The JMA downgrades Tropical Storm Roke (02W) to a tropical depression.
1800 UTC - The JTWC downgrades Tropical Storm 02W (Roke) to a tropical depression and the final advisory is issued.
1800 UTC - PAGASA downgrades Tropical Storm Auring (Roke) to a tropical depression and the final advisory is issued.

March 19

0600 UTC - The JMA downgrades Tropical Depression Roke (02W) to an area of disurbed weather and the final advisory is issued.

April

April 20

1200 UTC - Tropical Depression 03W forms 275 nautical miles (510 km) east-southeast of Yap Island.

April 22

1200 UTC - Tropical Depression 03W enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is designated Tropical Depression Bising by PAGASA for Philippine warnings.

April 23

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 03W (Bising) upgraded to Tropical Storm Sonca (Bising).
1800 UTC - Tropical Storm Sonca (Bising) upgraded to Typhoon Sonca (Bising).

April 24

0000 UTC - Typhoon Sonca (Bising) upgraded to a category 2 storm.
0600 UTC - Typhoon Sonca (Bising) upgraded to a category 3 storm.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Sonca (Bising) upgraded to a category 4 storm.

April 26

1800 UTC - Typhoon Sonca (Bising) downgraded to Tropical Storm strength and becomes extratropical 45 nautical miles (80 km) west-northwest of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, officially , is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain, which lie south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The island is located south of mainland Tokyo and administered as part of Ogasawara, one of eight villages of Tokyo...

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May

May 16

0000 UTC - PAGASA designates an area of low pressure east of Mindanao, Philippines as Tropical Depression Crising.

May 17

0000 UTC - PAGASA reports that Tropical Depression Crising has degenerated into an area of low pressure west of the island of Mindanao.

May 30

0600 UTC - Tropical Depression 04W forms 290 nautical miles (540 km) south-southeast of Agana, Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

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1800 UTC - Tropical Depression 04W upgraded to Tropical Storm Nesat.

June

June 1

1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Nesat upgraded to Typhoon Nesat.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Nesat intensifies to a category 2 storm.

June 2

0000 UTC - Typhoon Nesat rapidly intensifies to a category 4 storm.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Nesat enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is assigned the name Typhoon Dante by PAGASA for Philippine warnings.

June 10

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Nesat (Dante) becomes extratropical 275 nautical miles (510 km) southeast of Nagoya.

July

July 4

0600 UTC - PAGASA designates Invest.93W as Tropical Depression Emong 35 nautical miles (65 km) northeast of Catarman
Catarman
Catarman is the name of two places in the Philippines:*Catarman, Camiguin*Catarman, Northern Samar...

Samar Island
Samar Island
Samar is an island in the Visayas, within the central Philippines. The island is divided into three provinces: Samar province, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar. These three provinces, along with the provinces on the nearby islands of Leyte and Biliran are part of the Eastern Visayas region...

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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July 5

0600 UTC - PAGASA Tropical Depression Emong makes landfall along the eastern coast of Luzon
Luzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...

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July 6

0000 UTC - PAGASA Tropical Depression Emong dissipates west of Luzon
Luzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...

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July 11

1200 UTC - Tropical Depression 05W forms 110 nautical miles (200 km) southwest of Marcus Island, Japan.
1800 UTC - Tropical Depression 05W upgraded to Tropical Storm Haitang.

July 13

1800 UTC - Tropical Storm Haitang upgraded to Typhoon Haitang.

July 14

1200 UTC - Typhoon Haitang intensifies to a Category 2 storm.

July 15

0600 UTC - Typhoon Haitang intensifies to a category 3 storm. Storm has entered the Philippine area of responsibility and is designated Typhoon Feria by PAGASA for Philippine warnings.
1200 UTC - Typhoon Haitang (Feria) intensifies to a category 4 storm.

July 16

0000 UTC - Typhoon Haitang (Feria) upgraded to category 5 Super Typhoon.

July 17

0000 UTC - Typhoon Haitang (Feria) makes landfall at Hualien Taiwan as a category 3 Typhoon.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Haitang (Feria) downgraded to Tropical Storm after passing over Taiwan.

July 19

0600 UTC - Tropical Storm Haitang (Feria) upgraded to minimal Typhoon. Nearing second landfall on southeast Chinese coast.
1200 UTC - Typhoon Haitang (Feria) downgraded to Tropical Storm after making landfall on southeast China coast.

July 20

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 06W forms 330 nautical miles (610 km) north of Wake Island
Wake Island
Wake Island is a coral atoll having a coastline of in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu west to Guam east. It is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior...

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0600 UTC - Tropical Depression 06W upgraded to Tropical Storm Nalgae. Tropical Depression Haitang (Feria) dissipates Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...

, China.

July 21

1200 UTC - Tropical Depression 07W forms 300 nautical miles (550 km) north of Yap Island in the Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia or FSM is an independent, sovereign island nation, made up of four states from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. It comprises approximately 607 islands with c...

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1800 UTC - Tropical Depression 07W upgraded to Tropical Storm Banyan.

July 23

1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Nalgae dissipates 615 nautical miles (1,140 km) north-northeast of Marcus Island, Japan.

July 26

Tropical Storm Banyan brushes the south and east coasts of Honshū
Honshu
is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...

Island, Japan.

July 27

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Banyan becomes extratropical off the north east coast of Honshū
Honshu
is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...

Island Japan.

July 28

1800 UTC - Tropical Depression 08W forms 215 nautical miles (400 km) south of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

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July 29

1200 UTC - Tropical Depression 08W upgraded to Tropical Storm Washi.

July 30

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Washi makes landfall on Hainan Island, China.

July 31

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 09W forms 130 nautical miles (240 km) west northwest of Yap Island.
0500 UTC - Tropical Storm Washi makes landfall near Nam Dinh, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

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0600 UTC - Tropical Depression 09W upgraded to Tropical Storm Matsa. Storm enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is assigned the name Tropical Storm Gorio for Philippine warnings.
1800 UTC - Tropical Depression Washi dissipates over northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

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August

August 2

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Matsa (Gorio) upgraded to Typhoon Matsa (Gorio).

August 4

1000 UTC - Typhoon Matsa (Gorio) passes over the Yaeyama Islands
Yaeyama Islands
The Yaeyama Islands are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.The isles are the remotest part of Japan from the main islands and contains Japan's most southern and most western inhabited islands.The islands form the southern part of the volcanic Nansei Islands...

of Japan.
1200 UTC - Typhoon Matsa (Gorio) intensifies to a Category 2 storm.

August 5

1800 UTC - Typhoon Matsa (Gorio) makes landfall near Dajing, China.

August 6

0000 UTC - Typhoon Matsa (Gorio) downgraded to a tropical storm.

August 7

1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Matsa (Gorio) dissipates near Jiangsu
Jiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...

, China.

August 10

0000 UTC - Low pressure system 93W designated Tropical Depression Huaning by PAGASA 320 nautical miles (590 km) east-northeast of Borongan Samar Island
Samar Island
Samar is an island in the Visayas, within the central Philippines. The island is divided into three provinces: Samar province, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar. These three provinces, along with the provinces on the nearby islands of Leyte and Biliran are part of the Eastern Visayas region...

, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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1200 UTC - Joint Typhoon Warning Center reclassifies Low pressure system 93W as Tropical Depression 10W (Huaning).

August 11

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 10W (Huaning) upgraded, receives the more recognized International name Tropical Storm Sanvu (Huaning).
2100 UTC - Tropical Storm Sanvu (Huaning) passes over the northern tip of Cagayan
Cagayan
Cagayan , the "Land of Smiling Beauty", is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte...

on Luzon
Luzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...

Island.

August 13

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Sanvu (Huaning) upgraded to Typhoon Sanvu (Huaning).
0600 UTC - Typhoon Sanvu (Huaning) makes landfall near Shantou
Shantou
Shantou , historically known as Swatow or Suátao, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, with a total population of 5,391,028 as of 2010 and an administrative area of...

, China. Downgraded to Tropical Storm after landfall.

August 14

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression Sanvu (Huaning) dissipates inland near Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...

, China.

August 19

1500 UTC - Tropical Depression 11W forms in the open Western Pacific.

August 20

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 11W is upgraded to Tropical Storm Mawar.
0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 12W forms in the Western Pacific.

August 21

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Mawar is upgraded to Typhoon Mawar.
0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 12W is upgraded to Tropical Storm Guchol.
0600 UTC - Typhoon Mawar upgraded to a category 3 storm.

August 22

0000 UTC - Typhoon Mawar upgraded to a category 4 storm and with 130 knots (254.8 km/h) winds becomes Super Typhoon Mawar.
0600 UTC - Super Typhoon Mawar still a category 4 storm but at 125 knots (245 km/h), downgraded to Typhoon Mawar.

August 25

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Guchol becomes extratropical in the North Pacific.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Mawar makes landfall in Japan as a Category 2 typhoon.

August 26

0600 UTC - Tropical Depression 13W forms northeast of Yap
Yap
Yap, also known as Wa'ab by locals, is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap's indigenous cultures and traditions are still strong compared to other neighboring islands. The island of Yap actually consists of four...

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1200 UTC - Typhoon Mawar downgraded to Tropical Storm Mawar after landfall near Tokyo Bay.

August 27

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Mawar becomes extratropical east of Japan.
0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 13W upgraded to Tropical Storm Talim.

August 28

0600 UTC - Tropical Storm Talim upgraded to Typhoon Talim.

August 29

0000 UTC - Typhoon Talim enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is assigned the name Typhoon Isang for Philippine warnings.
0000 UTC - Typhoon Talim (Isang) upgraded to a Category 2 storm.
0600 UTC - Tropical Depression 14W forms 365 nautical miles (675 km) east of Saipan
Saipan
Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...

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0600 UTC - Typhoon Talim (Isang) upgraded to a Category 3 storm.
1200 UTC - Typhoon Talim (Isang) upgraded to a Category 4 storm.
1800 UTC - Tropical Depression 14W upgraded to Tropical Storm Nabi.

August 30

1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Nabi upgraded to Typhoon Nabi.

August 31

0000 UTC - Typhoon Nabi upgraded to a Category 2 storm.
1200 UTC - Typhoon Nabi upgraded to a Category 3 storm.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Talim (Isang) makes landfall in Taiwan.

September

September 1

0000 UTC - Typhoon Talim (Isang) downgraded to a Category 1 storm over Taiwan Strait.
0600 UTC - Typhoon Talim (Isang) downgraded to a Tropical Storm after landfall in China.
1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Talim (Isang) dissipates west of Fuzhou
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong linguistic and cultural area....

China.
1200 UTC - Typhoon Nabi upgraded to a Category 4 storm.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Nabi upgraded to a Category 5 storm and Super Typhoon Nabi.

September 3

0000 UTC - Super Typhoon Nabi enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is assigned the name Super Typhoon Jolina for Philippine warnings.

September 5

1800 UTC - Typhoon Nabi (Jolina) makes landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

, Japan.
1800 UTC - Tropical Depression 15W forms east of Yap
Yap
Yap, also known as Wa'ab by locals, is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap's indigenous cultures and traditions are still strong compared to other neighboring islands. The island of Yap actually consists of four...

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September 6

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 15W upgraded to Tropical Storm 15W.
0600 UTC - Typhoon Nabi (Jolina) downgraded after landfall to Tropical Storm Nabi (Jolina).
1800 UTC - Tropical Storm Nabi (Jolina) becomes extratropical 30 nautical miles (55 km) west-northwest of Oki
Oki
-Places:*Oki District, Shimane - the Oki Islands in Japan, formerly Oki Province*Oki, Fukuoka - a town in southern Japan*Oki Islands - a group of islands in the Sea of Japan*Oki Airport - The airport serving the Oki Islands...

Island, Japan.
1800 UTC - Tropical Storm 15W enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is assigned the name Tropical Storm Kiko for Philippine warnings.

September 7

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm 15W (Kiko) assigned the name Tropical Storm Khanun by Japan Meteorological Agency.

September 8

1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Khanun (Kiko) strengthens into Typhoon Khanun (Kiko).

September 9

1200 UTC - Typhoon Khanun (Kiko) upgraded to a category 2 storm.

September 10

0600 UTC - Typhoon Khanun (Kiko) upgraded to a category 3 storm.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Khanun (Kiko) upgraded to a category 4 storm.

September 11

0600 UTC - Typhoon Khanun (Kiko) makes landfall in eastern China 120 nautical miles (220 km) south of Shanghai as a category 2 storm.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Khanun (Kiko) downgraded to a tropical storm.
1800 UTC - Tropical Storm Khanun (Kiko) dissipates over China.

September 16

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 16W forms east of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

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1800 UTC - Tropical Depression 16W upgraded to Tropical Storm Vicente.

September 18

0600 UTC - Tropical Storm Vicente makes landfall 75 nautical miles (140 km) northwest of Huế
Hue
Hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...

, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

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1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Vicente downgraded to Tropical Depression Vicente, dissipating inland.

September 19

0900 UTC - PAGASA begins issuing advisories on Tropical Disturbance Labuyo.

September 20

0000 UTC - Japan Meteorological Agency begins issuing marine warnings on a Tropical Depression.
1200 UTC - Tropical Disturbance Labuyo upgraded to Tropical Depression 17W (Labuyo).
1200 UTC - Tropical Depression 18W forms 220 nautical miles (410 km) southwest of Marcus Island, Japan.

September 21

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 18W upgraded to Tropical Storm Saola.
0300 UTC - Tropical Depression 17W (Labuyo) upgraded to Tropical Storm Damrey (Labuyo).

September 22

0300 UTC - Tropical Storm Saola upgraded to Typhoon Saola.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Saola upgraded to Category 2 storm.

September 24

2100 UTC - Tropical Storm Damrey (Labuyo) upgraded to Typhoon Damrey (Labuyo).

September 25

0900 UTC - Typhoon Damrey (Labuyo) upgraded to Category 2 storm.
2000 UTC - Typhoon Damrey (Labuyo) makes first landfall in Wanning
Wanning
Wanning is a county-level city in SE Hainan province, China, with an estimated population of 65,871 .-History:Wanning lies on the east of the island and administers many small towns...

, Hainan Province, China.
2100 UTC - Typhoon Saola downgraded to Tropical Storm Saola.

September 26

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Saola becomes extratropical off the coast of Japan.
0000 UTC - Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiates warning for Tropical Depression 19W which formed 335 nautical miles (620.4 km) south-southeast of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, officially , is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain, which lie south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The island is located south of mainland Tokyo and administered as part of Ogasawara, one of eight villages of Tokyo...

, Japan.
0900 UTC - Tropical Depression 19W upgraded to Tropical Storm Longwang.

September 27

0300 UTC - Tropical Storm Longwang upgraded to Typhoon Longwang.
0900 UTC - Joint Typhoon Warning Center issues its last advisory on Tropical Storm Damrey (Labuyo), located 90 nautical miles (166.7 km) south-southwest of Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

dissipating inland.
0900 UTC - Typhoon Longwang upgraded to a category 2 storm.
1800 UTC - Typhoon Longwang upgraded to a category 3 storm.

September 28

0600 UTC - Typhoon Longwang upgraded to a category 4 storm.

September 29

0000 UTC - Typhoon Longwang enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is assigned the name Typhoon Maring for Philippine warnings.
1200 UTC - Typhoon Longwang (Maring) upgraded to Super Typhoon Longwang (Maring).

September 30

0900 UTC - Super Typhoon Longwang (Maring) downgraded to Typhoon Longwang (Maring).

October

October 1

2100 UTC - Typhoon Longwang (Maring) makes landfall near Hualien City
Hualien City
Hualien City is the capital of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the East coast of Taiwan, by the Pacific Ocean, and has a population of 110,000 inhabitants.- History :...

, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

as a category 4 storm.

October 2

1335 UTC - Typhoon Longwang (Maring) makes second landfall in Fujian Province, China.
2100 UTC - The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issues its last advisory on Tropical Storm Longwang (Maring), located over China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

about 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, and dissipating inland.

October 6

0000 UTC - Local bureaus initiate warnings for a low pressure system near Hainan island.

October 7

1500 UTC - Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiates warnings for Tropical Depression 20W, slightly south-west of Hainan island.
2100 UTC - Joint Typhoon Warning Center issues final warning for Tropical Depression 20W, 55 nautical miles (101.9 km) west-northwest of Huế
Hue
Hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...

, Vietnam.

October 9

1200 UTC - Japan Meteorological Agency initiates warnings for a tropical depression, previously classified Tropical Depression 21W by the JTWC.

October 10

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 21W enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is assigned the name Tropical Depression Nando for Philippine warnings.
0600 UTC - Tropical Depression 21W (Nando) strengthens into Tropical Storm Kirogi (Nando).

October 11

1500 UTC - Tropical Storm Kirogi (Nando) strengthens into Typhoon Kirogi (Nando).
1800 UTC - Typhoon Kirogi (Nando) upgraded to a Category 2 typhoon by JMA.
2100 UTC - Typhoon Kirogi (Nando) upgraded to a Category 3 typhoon by JTWC.

October 12

0900 UTC - Typhoon Kirogi (Nando) upgraded to a Category 4 typhoon by JTWC.

October 15

2100 UTC - Typhoon Kirogi (Nando) re-upgraded to a Category 3 typhoon by JTWC.

October 16

0900 UTC - Typhoon Kirogi (Nando) re-upgraded to a Category 4 typhoon by JTWC.

October 19

0300 UTC - Typhoon Kirogi (Nando) becomes extratropical off the coast of Japan.

October 28

2100 UTC - Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiates warnings for Tropical Depression 22W, 15 hours after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a marine warning.

October 29

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 22W upgraded to Tropical Storm Kai-tak.

October 30

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Kai-tak upgraded to Typhoon Kai-tak.
0300 UTC - Typhoon Kai-tak reaches Category 2 intensity.

November

November 2

0300 UTC - Tropical Storm Kai-tak makes landfall 205 nautical miles (379.7 km) south-southeast of Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

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1500 UTC - Advisories are discontinued for Tropical Storm Kai-tak, dissipating inland 60 nautical miles (111.1 km) south-southwest of Hanoi.

November 7

0900 UTC - Tropical Depression 23W forms 75 nautical miles (138.9 km) north-northwest of Yap
Yap
Yap, also known as Wa'ab by locals, is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap's indigenous cultures and traditions are still strong compared to other neighboring islands. The island of Yap actually consists of four...

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2100 UTC - Tropical Depression 23W upgraded to Tropical Storm 23W.

November 9

0900 UTC - Tropical Depression 23W (Ondoy) re-upgraded to Tropical Storm 23W (Ondoy).

November 10

0300 UTC - Tropical Storm 23W (Ondoy) designated as Tropical Storm Tembin (Ondoy).
circa 1600 UTC - Tropical Storm Tembin (Ondoy) makes landfall in northern Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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November 11

0300 UTC - Tropical Depression Tembin (Ondoy) dissipates over Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

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November 13

1500 UTC - Tropical Depression 24W forms south-southwest of Palau
Palau
Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...

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November 14

0000 UTC - Tropical Depression 24W named Tropical Depression Pepeng by PAGASA.

November 15

0600 UTC - Tropical Depression 24W (Pepeng) upgraded to Tropical Storm 24W (Pepeng).

November 16

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm 24W (Pepeng) redesignated Tropical Storm Bolaven (Pepeng).

November 17

0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Bolaven (Pepeng) upgraded to Typhoon Bolaven (Pepeng).

November 20

Circa 0000 UTC - Tropical Storm Bolaven (Pepeng) makes landfall in northeastern Philippines.
1200 UTC - Tropical Depression Bolaven (Pepeng) dissipates north of the Philippines, and advisories are discontinued.

December

December 18

1500 UTC - Tropical Depression 25W forms near the northern tip of Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....

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December 19

ca. 0300 UTC - Tropical Depression 25W (Quedan) strengthens into Tropical Storm 25W.

December 20

0600 UTC - Tropical Storm 25W (Quedan) dissipates and advisories are discontinued.