Super Typhoon Hagibis (2002)
Super Typhoon Hagibis reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between May 13, 2002 and May 22, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 898 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Hagibis, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2002 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- May 13, 2002 to May 22, 2002
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 898 mb (26.52 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 643 km (400 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.0
- Identifier
- WP052002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 06:00 | 3.0N 150.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 13, 12:00 | 3.5N 149.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 13, 18:00 | 4.0N 149.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 00:00 | 4.4N 149.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 06:00 | 4.7N 149.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 12:00 | 5.1N 149.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 18:00 | 5.5N 149.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 00:00 | 6.3N 149.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 06:00 | 7.2N 148.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 12:00 | 8.1N 147.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 18:00 | 9.2N 146.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 16, 00:00 | 10.2N 145.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 06:00 | 11.3N 144.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 12:00 | 12.1N 143.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 18:00 | 12.6N 142.2E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 00:00 | 13.1N 141.1E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 06:00 | 13.5N 140.3E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 12:00 | 14.1N 139.5E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 18:00 | 14.6N 139.4E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 00:00 | 15.4N 139.4E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 06:00 | 16.2N 139.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 12:00 | 16.8N 139.8E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 18:00 | 17.2N 140.0E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| May 19, 00:00 | 17.7N 140.5E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| May 19, 06:00 | 18.4N 141.2E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 19, 12:00 | 19.3N 142.2E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 19, 18:00 | 20.7N 143.2E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 20, 00:00 | 22.5N 144.6E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| May 20, 06:00 | 24.9N 146.9E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| May 20, 12:00 | 27.2N 149.6E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| May 20, 18:00 | 30.1N 153.0E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| May 21, 00:00 | 32.9N 156.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 21, 06:00 | 35.6N 159.8E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 12:00 | 37.6N 164.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 18:00 | 38.3N 169.1E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 22, 00:00 | 38.6N 173.7E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 22, 06:00 | 39.8N 179.4E | 996 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2002
- Tropical Storm TapahWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon MitagWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon NoguriWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon ChataanWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm NakriWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm VongfongWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon RusaWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm HagupitWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm ChangmiWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon HigosWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon BaviWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon MaysakWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon HaishenWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon PongsonaWestern Pacific · 2002
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.