The 2001 season

Typhoon Kong-Rey (2001)

Typhoon Kong-Rey reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between July 21, 2001 and August 3, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 958 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kong-Rey, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 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 21, 2001 to August 3, 2001
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
958 mb (28.29 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 527 km (327 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.9
Identifier
WP092001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 21, 00:0023.3N 152.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 21, 06:0024.0N 151.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 21, 12:0024.6N 151.5E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 21, 18:0024.9N 151.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0025.0N 150.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0025.2N 149.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0025.4N 149.0E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0025.4N 148.4E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0025.3N 148.0E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0025.2N 147.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0025.2N 146.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 18:0025.2N 145.3E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 24, 00:0025.6N 144.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 24, 06:0026.0N 143.0E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 24, 12:0026.3N 142.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 24, 18:0026.8N 141.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 25, 00:0027.1N 140.9E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 25, 06:0027.5N 140.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 25, 12:0028.0N 140.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 25, 18:0028.6N 140.6E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 26, 00:0029.2N 140.9E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 26, 06:0029.7N 141.3E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 26, 12:0030.3N 142.1E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Jul 26, 18:0030.7N 142.8E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Jul 27, 00:0031.2N 143.7E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Jul 27, 06:0031.6N 144.8E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Jul 27, 12:0031.9N 145.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jul 27, 18:0032.3N 146.9E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 00:0033.0N 148.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 06:0033.8N 149.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0034.6N 151.6E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0035.7N 153.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 00:0036.9N 154.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 06:0038.8N 157.1E988 mbMixed
Jul 29, 12:0040.0N 159.4E988 mbExtratropical
Jul 29, 18:0040.9N 161.4E988 mbExtratropical
Jul 30, 00:0042.4N 163.3E990 mbExtratropical
Jul 30, 06:0043.3N 165.1E990 mbExtratropical
Jul 30, 12:0044.9N 168.0E992 mbExtratropical
Jul 30, 18:0046.2N 170.7E992 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 00:0048.2N 172.6E994 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 06:0049.4N 173.5E996 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 12:0050.3N 174.6E998 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 18:0050.9N 174.8E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 00:0051.6N 174.1E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 06:0052.1N 172.9E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 12:0052.4N 172.1E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 18:0052.7N 171.1E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 00:0053.0N 170.5E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 06:0053.4N 171.9E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 12:0053.4N 173.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 18:0053.3N 174.3E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 3, 00:0053.3N 175.7E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 3, 06:0053.2N 177.5E1014 mbExtratropical
Aug 3, 12:0053.4N 179.3E1016 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2001

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.