The 1999 season

Typhoon Kate (1999)

Typhoon Kate reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between April 21, 1999 and April 30, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kate, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
April 21, 1999 to April 30, 1999
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.5
Identifier
WP041999

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 21, 00:007.6N 126.1E20 ktNot reported
Apr 21, 06:008.1N 125.6E20 ktNot reported
Apr 21, 12:008.6N 125.5E20 ktNot reported
Apr 21, 18:009.1N 125.6E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Apr 22, 00:009.9N 125.6E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Apr 22, 06:0011.0N 125.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 12:0012.1N 126.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 18:0012.8N 126.5E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 00:0013.4N 126.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 06:0013.8N 127.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 12:0014.1N 127.5E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 18:0014.4N 128.0E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 24, 00:0014.7N 128.7E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 24, 06:0015.0N 129.3E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 24, 12:0015.7N 129.8E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 24, 18:0016.3N 130.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 25, 00:0016.9N 130.8E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 25, 06:0017.8N 131.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 25, 12:0018.8N 131.9E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 25, 18:0019.5N 132.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 26, 00:0020.0N 133.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 26, 06:0020.6N 133.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 26, 12:0021.0N 135.0E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 26, 18:0022.2N 136.4E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 00:0023.2N 138.1E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 06:0024.0N 140.0E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 12:0025.0N 141.6E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 18:0026.1N 143.3E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 00:0027.2N 145.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 06:0028.3N 147.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 12:0029.3N 149.5E55 kt992 mbMixed
Apr 28, 18:0030.1N 151.7E55 kt994 mbMixed
Apr 29, 00:0031.0N 154.4E55 kt996 mbMixed
Apr 29, 06:0032.0N 157.3E45 kt996 mbMixed
Apr 29, 12:0032.7N 159.4E998 mbMixed
Apr 29, 18:0033.2N 161.2E1004 mbMixed
Apr 30, 00:0034.0N 162.5E1006 mbMixed
Apr 30, 06:0035.0N 163.9E1008 mbMixed

Other Western Pacific storms of 1999

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.