Storm history › West Pacific › 2020 season
Tropical Storm Higos (2020)
Higos was a tropical storm of the 2020 West Pacific season. It was tracked from August 16, 2020 to August 20, 2020, about 4 days, and covered 1,188 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 988 mb.
Its closest pass to a major city was 3 miles from Wuzhou, China.
- Peak wind
- 70 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 4 days
- Track length
- 1,188 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 1.4
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Closest pass to major cities
| City | Closest pass |
|---|---|
| Wuzhou, China | 3 mi (6 km) |
| Yunfu, China | 4 mi (6 km) |
| Changsha, China | 7 mi (11 km) |
| Liuzhou, China | 8 mi (12 km) |
| Zhaoqing, China | 19 mi (30 km) |
| Macau, Macao SAR China | 20 mi (32 km) |
| Laibin, China | 21 mi (33 km) |
How it compares
- Peak winds: 1326th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Mun (2025), Tropical Storm Prapiroon (2024), Tropical Storm Damrey (2023) and 94 more.
- Lowest pressure: 1440th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Maysak (2026), Tropical Storm Fengshen (2025), Tropical Storm Yun-Yeung (2023) and 17 more.
- Energy: 1% of the 2020 West Pacific season's ACE.