C4category 4
Typhoon Higos (2002)
Typhoon Higos formed in the Western Pacific on 25 September 2002 and faded on 4 October 2002. Peak wind 250 km/h (135 kt), category 4, lowest pressure 907 hPa. Landfall: Japan, Russia.
250 km/hPeak wind · 135 kt
907 hPaLowest pressure
9 daysDuration
7,159 kmTrack length · ACE 20.1
C5 · category 5C4 · category 4C3 · category 3C2 · category 2C1 · category 1TS · tropical stormTD · tropical depression
Wind along the track
km/h · UTC
Landfalls
| Date | Countries hit | Landfall wind | Nearby | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 October 2002 11:00 UTC | C1 | Japan | 152 km/h | Miura · 7 km |
| 2 October 2002 21:00 UTC | TD | Russia | – | Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy · 76 km |
Towns within 100 km of the track
Tokyo30 km · 148 km/h
Yokohama57 km · 148 km/h
Sapporo93 km · 102 km/h
Kawasaki45 km · 148 km/h
Saitama22 km · 148 km/h
Chiba39 km · 148 km/h
Ōta41 km · 148 km/h
Aihara62 km · 148 km/h
Sagamihara70 km · 148 km/h
Kawaguchi20 km · 148 km/h
Hachiōji59 km · 148 km/h
Utsunomiya74 km · 148 km/h
Matsudo13 km · 148 km/h
Katsushika19 km · 148 km/h
Fujisawa72 km · 148 km/h
Machida57 km · 148 km/h
Kashiwa8 km · 148 km/h
Aomori66 km · 120 km/h
Yokosuka72 km · 148 km/h
Takasaki93 km · 148 km/h
Kawagoe37 km · 148 km/h
Nakano30 km · 148 km/h
Tokorozawa40 km · 148 km/h
Koshigaya10 km · 148 km/h
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