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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Songda (2011)
19 May 2011 · Western Pacific · Category 5
Typhoon Songda formed in the Western Pacific basin on 19 May 2011 and lasted 13 days. Its sustained winds reached 259 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 918 hPa. It made landfall in Japan.
- Formed
- 19 May 2011
- Dissipated
- 2 June 2011
- Duration
- 13 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 259 km/h (140 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 918 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSJapan74 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Muifa259 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Nanmadol259 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Nalgae241 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Ma-on213 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Roke213 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Nesat213 km/h
- Cat. 1Tropical Storm Nock-ten120 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Talas102 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth