Typhoon Goni path, 2020

What the record says

Goni was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 12 days, from 25 October 2020 to 6 November 2020. Its peak was Category 5 (170 kt) on 31 October 2020, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 170 kt (196 mph, 315 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 905 hPa.

• Category 5peak intensity
• 170 ktpeak wind (196 mph)
• 905 hPalowest pressure
• 12 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific). The regional forecast centre (RSMC Tokyo (Japan Meteorological Agency)) gave a peak of 120 kt on its own averaging convention (10-minute winds), so the two figures differ.

It has its own page because it reached category 5 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 1 November 2020: Philippines (130 kt)
• 6 November 2020: Vietnam (20 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Philippines
• Scarborough Shoal
• Vietnam
• Cambodia
• Laos

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.