place_id large_stringlengths 8 13 | sid large_stringlengths 13 13 | season int64 1.94k 2.03k | closest_approach_km float64 0 500 | closest_approach_at timestamp[ms, tz=UTC]date 1940-02-01 00:00:00 2026-10-25 00:00:00 | max_wind_kt_r50 int16 10 170 ⌀ | max_wind_kt_r100 int16 10 170 ⌀ | max_wind_kt_r200 int16 10 175 ⌀ | max_wind_kt_r300 int16 10 175 ⌀ | max_wind_kt_r500 int16 10 182 ⌀ | max_gust_kt_r50 int16 40 175 ⌀ | max_gust_kt_r100 int16 35 175 ⌀ | max_gust_kt_r200 int16 35 178 ⌀ | max_gust_kt_r300 int16 35 180 ⌀ | max_gust_kt_r500 int16 35 190 ⌀ | hours_r50 int16 0 69 | hours_r100 int16 0 106 | hours_r200 int16 0 191 | hours_r300 int16 0 284 | hours_r500 int16 0 340 |
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JP-01100 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 105.7 | 1940-07-16T08:03:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 25 |
JP-01100 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 269.9 | 1940-08-27T09:55:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
JP-01100 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 282.2 | 1940-07-24T16:42:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
JP-01202 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 162.6 | 1940-07-24T16:34:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
JP-01202 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 204.7 | 1940-07-16T05:51:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 |
JP-01202 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 244.2 | 1940-08-27T07:36:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
JP-01203 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 87.4 | 1940-07-16T07:47:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
JP-01203 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 292.5 | 1940-08-27T10:06:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
JP-01203 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 312.8 | 1940-07-24T16:32:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
JP-01204 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 60.2 | 1940-07-16T11:03:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
JP-01204 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 203.4 | 1940-08-27T11:21:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
JP-01204 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 372.4 | 1940-07-24T18:08:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
JP-01205 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 168.2 | 1940-07-16T06:56:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 23 |
JP-01205 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 228.1 | 1940-07-24T16:33:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
JP-01205 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 277.2 | 1940-08-27T08:33:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
JP-01206 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 41.2 | 1940-08-27T11:02:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
JP-01206 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 161 | 1940-07-16T13:36:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
JP-01206 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 302.7 | 1940-07-24T20:20:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
JP-01207 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 125.1 | 1940-08-27T10:15:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
JP-01207 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 191.4 | 1940-07-16T11:34:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 25 |
JP-01207 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 272.4 | 1940-07-24T18:58:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
JP-01208 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 82.7 | 1940-07-16T13:41:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 |
JP-01208 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 113.1 | 1940-08-27T12:03:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
JP-01208 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 382 | 1940-07-24T19:14:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
JP-01209 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 132.8 | 1940-07-16T10:19:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
JP-01209 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 207.7 | 1940-08-27T10:17:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
JP-01209 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 295.2 | 1940-07-24T17:51:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
JP-01210 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 105.8 | 1940-07-16T09:40:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01210 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 232.6 | 1940-08-27T10:17:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
JP-01210 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 317.6 | 1940-07-24T17:25:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
JP-01211 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 84.4 | 1940-08-27T12:03:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
JP-01211 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 99.2 | 1940-07-16T14:03:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
JP-01211 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 408.3 | 1940-07-24T21:35:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
JP-01212 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 38 | 1940-07-16T10:14:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 |
JP-01212 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 275 | 1940-08-27T11:19:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
JP-01212 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 393.3 | 1940-07-24T17:23:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
JP-01213 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 153.2 | 1940-07-16T08:10:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01213 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 230.2 | 1940-08-27T09:31:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
JP-01213 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 260.6 | 1940-07-24T17:04:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
JP-01214 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 74.5 | 1940-07-16T11:44:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
JP-01214 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 320.4 | 1940-08-27T13:05:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
JP-01215 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 104 | 1940-07-16T09:58:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
JP-01215 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 241.3 | 1940-08-27T10:37:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
JP-01215 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 337.2 | 1940-07-24T17:31:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
JP-01216 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 89.2 | 1940-07-16T10:39:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 |
JP-01216 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 219.5 | 1940-08-27T10:32:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
JP-01216 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 334.3 | 1940-07-24T17:59:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
JP-01217 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 116.4 | 1940-07-16T09:02:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01217 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 261.5 | 1940-08-27T10:09:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
JP-01217 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 310 | 1940-07-24T17:09:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
JP-01218 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 87.2 | 1940-07-16T10:36:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01218 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 241.8 | 1940-08-27T10:53:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
JP-01218 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 364.3 | 1940-07-24T17:51:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
JP-01219 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 45.9 | 1940-07-16T13:06:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 |
JP-01219 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 165.6 | 1940-08-27T12:20:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
JP-01219 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 426.4 | 1940-07-24T19:12:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
JP-01220 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 25.1 | 1940-07-16T11:24:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 26 |
JP-01220 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 203.6 | 1940-08-27T11:45:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
JP-01220 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 416.1 | 1940-07-24T18:41:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
JP-01221 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 12.1 | 1940-07-16T11:50:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 |
JP-01221 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 231.7 | 1940-08-27T11:56:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
JP-01221 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 443.5 | 1940-07-24T18:23:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
JP-01222 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 114.7 | 1940-07-16T10:14:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01222 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 227.6 | 1940-08-27T10:27:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
JP-01222 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 326.5 | 1940-07-24T17:49:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
JP-01223 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 0 | 1940-08-27T11:41:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
JP-01223 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 207.3 | 1940-07-16T17:20:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27 |
JP-01223 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 337.2 | 1940-07-25T01:19:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
JP-01224 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 140.8 | 1940-07-16T07:56:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01224 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 238.2 | 1940-08-27T09:56:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
JP-01224 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 271.9 | 1940-07-24T16:45:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
JP-01225 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 80 | 1940-07-16T10:22:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 |
JP-01225 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 250.8 | 1940-08-27T11:02:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
JP-01225 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 369.1 | 1940-07-24T17:36:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
JP-01226 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 91.6 | 1940-07-16T10:18:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
JP-01226 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 252.3 | 1940-08-27T10:44:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
JP-01226 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 360 | 1940-07-24T17:39:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
JP-01227 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 96.8 | 1940-07-16T10:23:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 25 |
JP-01227 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 243.7 | 1940-08-27T10:44:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
JP-01227 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 359.2 | 1940-07-24T17:49:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
JP-01228 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 45.6 | 1940-07-16T10:57:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 |
JP-01228 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 239.6 | 1940-08-27T11:06:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
JP-01228 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 380.7 | 1940-07-24T17:46:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
JP-01229 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 120.7 | 1940-07-16T10:47:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 25 |
JP-01229 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 190.7 | 1940-08-27T10:43:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
JP-01229 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 329.6 | 1940-07-24T18:12:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
JP-01230 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 160.4 | 1940-07-16T07:15:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01230 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 234.2 | 1940-07-24T16:37:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
JP-01230 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 271 | 1940-08-27T08:49:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
JP-01231 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 137.2 | 1940-07-16T08:07:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01231 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 255 | 1940-08-27T09:51:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
JP-01231 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 285 | 1940-07-24T16:57:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
JP-01233 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 133.7 | 1940-07-16T07:38:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01233 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 236.6 | 1940-07-24T16:26:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
JP-01233 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 280.2 | 1940-08-27T09:12:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
JP-01234 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 131.5 | 1940-07-16T08:37:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
JP-01234 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 261.2 | 1940-08-27T09:54:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
JP-01234 | 1940194N12156 | 1,940 | 295.8 | 1940-07-24T17:02:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
JP-01235 | 1940186N07156 | 1,940 | 53.5 | 1940-07-16T09:26:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
JP-01235 | 1940232N15139 | 1,940 | 280 | 1940-08-27T10:21:00 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
Replay
Western North Pacific typhoons that affected the Philippines or Japan since 1940, prepared for the Replay web app (source): a storm catalogue with best tracks, landfalls, PAGASA and JMA names, "typhoons that hit my town" exposure for every Philippine city or municipality and every Japanese municipality, and hour-by-hour ERA5 wind, gust, pressure and rain fields that follow each storm.
Current data version: 5 (built 2026-10-26T09:35:31Z; best-track data as of 2026-10-26).
latest.json at the repository root always names the published version.
| Storms in the catalogue | 2,059 (IBTrACS WP since 1940 that entered the PAGASA Area of Responsibility or made landfall in PH/JP) |
| Storms with ERA5 replay frames | 2058 in this version |
| Observed best-track fixes | 74,959 |
| Places | 3,380 (PH cities/municipalities by 10-digit PSGC, JP municipalities by JIS X 0402 code) |
| Place x storm exposure rows | 1,737,560 |
ERA5 limitation (read this)
Wind and rain fields are ERA5 reanalysis (about 28 km grid). For intense typhoons it smooths the eye wall: the strongest ERA5 10 m wind near the centre is typically a third to a half of the best-track estimate, and its central pressure is tens of hPa too high. Use the best-track intensity (with its agency and averaging period) for peak strength, and the field for spatial extent and timing. Each storm's summary.json carries its own ERA5-vs-best-track ratios.
Across the storms with frames in this version, the median ratio of ERA5's strongest 10 m wind near the
centre to the best-track peak (JTWC 1-minute where available) is 0.467. Each storm's
summary.json (era5VsBestTrack) gives its own ratios against JTWC and JMA, at the peak and over all
typhoon-strength hours, and the ERA5-vs-best-track central pressure bias.
Layout
latest.json {"dataVersion": N, "path": "vN/", ...} (flipped last)
vN/index.json every storm, columnar: names, season, peak (wind, agency, time), landfall, bbox, path
vN/manifest.json provenance of every input, attribution, counts
vN/files.json size and sha256 of every file of the version (frames included)
vN/frames-index/<season>.json pipeline bookkeeping: frame records + track hashes, for reuse
vN/storms/<sid>/summary.json storm detail + frame manifest (paths relative to the repo root)
vN/storms/<sid>/track.json observed fixes + hourly interpolated track (columnar)
vN/storms/<sid>/og.png 1200x630 share image
vN/selection.json which storms have frames, and the documented score
frames/<sid>/<sha>.field.<var>.webp replay frames (lossy WebP, hourly), shared by all versions
frames/<sid>/<sha>.exact.<var>.webp exact values every 3 hours at 0.5 deg (lossless WebP)
frames/<sid>/<sha>.tyf the same frames, lossless TYF1 (only some storms)
vN/places/index.json, <shard>.json places per PH province / JP prefecture with their storm exposure
vN/places/<shard>.geojson display boundaries (at most 1,500 vertices per place)
vN/stats/seasons.json per season: storms by intensity class, PH/JP landfalls, ACE, strongest
vN/stats/climatology.json storms forming per month x decade; landfalls per month by country
vN/stats/admin.json per province / prefecture: storms within 100 km, landfalls, strongest
vN/stats/records.json top-10 lists (strongest, lowest pressure, ACE, rapid intensification...)
vN/tables.json this version's Parquet files (content-addressed, under tables/):
exposure, hourly_tracks
Every vN/ path and every content-addressed file (frames/, places/, tables/) is immutable. A later version may point a storm's path at an earlier version's folder
when nothing about that storm changed. Rolling back means pointing latest.json at an earlier version.
Frames
Storm-following 81 x 81 windows at 0.25 deg (about +-10 deg around the best-track centre), hourly, for the
storms listed in vN/selection.json (a documented score: landfall, intensity, land crossed, PAGASA name,
recency, with a floor per decade). Values are uint8 codes: wind (10 m speed, 0.3 m/s steps), gust
(hourly max 10 m gust, 0.4 m/s), mslp (0.65 hPa from 870), tp (mean precipitation rate in the hour,
square-root coded, mm/h), u/v (0.6 m/s from -76.2), wdir (360/256 deg). 255 = no data.
fieldsheets (lossy WebP, quality 80, one per variable, hourly) are for drawing and animation.exactsheets (lossless WebP, every 3rd hour, every other cell) carry exact values for readouts; the per-hour maxima near the centre and the ERA5-vs-best-track ratios are numbers insummary.json..tyf("TYF1", uint32 header length, JSON header,uint8[frames][vars][81][81]) is lossless and range-friendly: one hour is one contiguous byte range.
Frame files are named by their sha256 and stored once under frames/<sid>/; every version's
summary.json points at them with paths relative to the storm directory.
ERA5 is read chunk by chunk from NSF NCAR's ERA5 copy (AWS, with OSDF as a mirror), falling back to
ARCO-ERA5 on Google Cloud for months NCAR has not published yet. manifest.json records which served.
Exposure
For each place and storm whose hourly centre came within 500 km of the place boundary: closest approach
(km, and when), hours within 50/100/200/300/500 km, and the best-track sustained wind and gust (kt) while
the centre was within each radius. This is what the Replay API serves at
GET /v1/places/{placeId}/storms.
Sources and licences {#licences}
This dataset combines sources with different terms. Use it with all of the attributions below.
- Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, CC BY 4.0). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of this information. Hersbach et al. (2020), doi:10.1002/qj.3803; NSF NCAR RDA ds633.0, doi:10.5065/BH6N-5N20.
- IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA NCEI (Knapp et al. 2010, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2755.1; Gahtan et al. 2024, doi:10.25921/82ty-9e16).
- JMA typhoon numbers from the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center best track, Japan Meteorological Agency.
- PAGASA local names compiled from English Wikipedia season articles (CC BY-SA 4.0): the
pagasa_namestable and thelocalNames.phvalues are share-alike. - Philippine boundaries: geoBoundaries (Runfola et al. 2020), from NAMRIA and PSA via OCHA COD-AB (CC BY 3.0 IGO); codes from the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSA).
- Japanese boundaries: 出典「国土数値情報(行政区域データ)」(国土交通省)を加工して作成. Romanised municipality names © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), via geoBoundaries.
- Basemap for share images: Natural Earth (public domain).
Everything else (the derived frames, tables and exposure) is CC BY 4.0 with the attributions above.
| Source id | Licence | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
ibtracs-wp |
NOAA NCEI, "full and open access" under WMO Resolution 40; no formal licence. | Knapp, K. R., et al. (2010) BAMS 91, 363-376, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2755.1; and Gahtan, J., et al. (2024) IBTrACS Project, Version 4r01, NOAA NCEI, doi:10.25921/82ty-9e16. |
ibtracs-all |
NOAA NCEI, "full and open access" under WMO Resolution 40; no formal licence. | Knapp et al. (2010) doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2755.1; Gahtan et al. (2024) doi:10.25921/82ty-9e16. |
era5-an-sfc |
CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus); NSF NCAR copies also under UCAR data terms. | Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information [year]. Hersbach, H., et al. (2020) doi:10.1002/qj.3803. NSF NCAR RDA ds633.0 (doi:10.5065/BH6N-5N20) when served by NCAR. |
era5-fc-gust |
CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus); NSF NCAR copies also under UCAR data terms. | Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information [year]. Hersbach, H., et al. (2020) doi:10.1002/qj.3803. NSF NCAR RDA ds633.0 (doi:10.5065/BH6N-5N20) when served by NCAR. |
era5-fc-precip-rate |
CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus); NSF NCAR copies also under UCAR data terms. | Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information [year]. Hersbach, H., et al. (2020) doi:10.1002/qj.3803. NSF NCAR RDA ds633.0 (doi:10.5065/BH6N-5N20) when served by NCAR. |
geoboundaries-phl-adm3 |
CC BY 3.0 IGO (source: NAMRIA, PSA, OCHA Philippines via HDX COD-AB; geoBoundaries boundaryID PHL-ADM3-30758251). | Runfola, D. et al. (2020) geoBoundaries, PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231866; boundaries from NAMRIA and PSA via OCHA Philippines, CC BY 3.0 IGO. |
geoboundaries-jpn-adm2 |
Derived from OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0); geoBoundaries labels it CC BY-SA 2.0. Treat as ODbL: attribute OSM and share derived databases alike. | © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via geoBoundaries (Runfola et al. 2020), boundaryID JPN-ADM2-22064153. |
hdx-cod-ab-phl-tabular |
CC BY 3.0 IGO (source NAMRIA and PSA, via OCHA Philippines / HDX). | Philippines Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), OCHA Philippines via the Humanitarian Data Exchange; source NAMRIA and PSA. CC BY 3.0 IGO. |
psgc-cities-municipalities |
Philippine Statistics Authority public data (free use with attribution). | Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), Philippine Statistics Authority; JSON via the PSGC API (psgc.gitlab.io). |
mlit-n03-jpn |
National Land Numerical Information terms of use (Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0, compatible with CC BY 4.0). | 出典「国土数値情報(行政区域データ)」(国土交通省)を加工して作成. Source: MLIT National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Areas, N03 2025-01-01), processed by Replay. |
jma-rsmc-besttrack |
JMA website terms of use (Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use, compatible with CC BY 4.0). | Source - RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center, Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁), best track data. |
naturalearth-50m-coastline |
Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). | Made with Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com). |
naturalearth-50m-countries |
Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). | Made with Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com). |
pagasa-crosswalk |
CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts compiled with Wikipedia as a cited source). | Per-row source_url column (Wikipedia articles and season pages). |
wikipedia-season-pages |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors, " Pacific typhoon season", English Wikipedia. |
Versioning
Data versions are whole numbers. The pipeline (GitHub Actions in the project repo) builds a version,
runs every data-quality gate, uploads vN/ and only then flips latest.json in a single commit, tagged
data-vN. If a check fails, nothing is flipped and the previous version keeps serving.
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