Dot made landfall on China near Hong Kong holding roughly the same intensity at around 00:00 UTC on October 13.[1] The HKO registered a minimum air pressure of 977 hPa (mbar; 28.85 inHg) as the center of Dot passed 30 km (20 mi) to the east; the typhoons eye measured 80 km (50 mi) across.[3] Once over land, the storms winds diminished quickly, and by October 14, the JTWC considered Dot to have dissipated.