The 2000 season

Typhoon Kai-Tak (2000)

Typhoon Kai-Tak reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 2, 2000 and July 12, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kai-Tak, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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
July 2, 2000 to July 12, 2000
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.1
Fastest the center moved
24 kt (28 mph)
Identifier
WP062000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 2, 12:0015.3N 117.2ETropical storm
Jul 2, 18:0015.7N 117.5ETropical storm
Jul 3, 00:0015.9N 117.8ETropical storm
Jul 3, 06:0015.7N 118.1E15 ktTropical depression
Jul 3, 12:0015.9N 119.0E15 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 3, 18:0016.1N 119.3E20 kt996 mbTropical depression
Jul 4, 00:0016.4N 119.6E20 kt996 mbTropical depression
Jul 4, 06:0017.2N 120.2E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 4, 12:0018.2N 120.4E25 kt996 mbTropical depression
Jul 4, 18:0018.5N 120.6E25 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 5, 00:0018.8N 120.9E25 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 5, 06:0019.0N 120.7E25 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 5, 12:0019.0N 120.4E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 5, 18:0019.1N 120.2E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 6, 00:0019.4N 119.9E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 6, 06:0019.7N 119.4E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 6, 12:0020.0N 119.0E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jul 6, 18:0019.9N 118.7E65 kt965 mbTyphoon
Jul 7, 00:0019.6N 118.4E65 kt960 mbTyphoon
Jul 7, 06:0019.6N 118.8E75 kt960 mbTyphoon
Jul 7, 12:0019.7N 119.0E75 kt960 mbTyphoon
Jul 7, 18:0019.8N 119.1E75 kt960 mbTyphoon
Jul 8, 00:0020.0N 119.4E75 kt965 mbTyphoon
Jul 8, 06:0020.2N 119.8E65 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jul 8, 12:0020.4N 120.3E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Jul 8, 18:0021.2N 120.7E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Jul 9, 00:0022.6N 121.5E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Jul 9, 06:0024.5N 121.6E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 12:0026.4N 121.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 18:0028.1N 121.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 00:0030.3N 121.7E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 06:0032.4N 122.3E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 12:0034.2N 122.6E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 10, 18:0036.1N 123.1E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 11, 00:0038.0N 123.9E25 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 11, 06:0039.9N 123.9E996 mbMixed
Jul 11, 12:0041.2N 125.4E996 mbMixed
Jul 11, 18:0042.0N 127.9E996 mbExtratropical
Jul 12, 00:0042.8N 130.9E996 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2000

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.