The 2001 season

Typhoon Lekima (2001)

Typhoon Lekima reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 21, 2001 and September 30, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 949 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Lekima, 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
September 21, 2001 to September 30, 2001
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
949 mb (28.02 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.5
Identifier
WP232001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 21, 00:0021.0N 125.8ETropical storm
Sep 21, 06:0020.5N 125.3ETropical storm
Sep 21, 12:0020.2N 125.0ETropical storm
Sep 21, 18:0019.4N 124.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 22, 00:0019.4N 124.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 22, 06:0019.4N 124.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 12:0019.4N 123.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 18:0019.4N 123.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 00:0019.4N 123.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 06:0019.4N 122.5E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 12:0019.4N 122.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0019.5N 121.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Sep 24, 00:0019.6N 121.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Sep 24, 06:0019.8N 121.6E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 24, 12:0020.0N 121.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 24, 18:0020.0N 121.7E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Sep 25, 00:0020.2N 121.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 25, 06:0020.5N 121.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 25, 12:0020.8N 121.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Sep 25, 18:0021.1N 121.6E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Sep 26, 00:0021.4N 121.4E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Sep 26, 06:0021.8N 121.2E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Sep 26, 12:0022.1N 120.9E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Sep 26, 18:0022.6N 120.7E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0023.0N 120.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 06:0023.4N 120.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:0023.6N 120.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 18:0023.8N 120.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 28, 00:0023.9N 120.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Sep 28, 06:0023.9N 120.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 12:0024.1N 120.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 18:0024.4N 120.2E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 00:0024.8N 120.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 06:0025.5N 120.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 12:0026.3N 120.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 18:0026.9N 120.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 30, 00:0027.8N 123.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0028.8N 125.0E1004 mbTropical storm

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.