Typhoon Rammasun (2002)
Typhoon Rammasun reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between June 26, 2002 and July 7, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Rammasun, 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
- June 26, 2002 to July 7, 2002
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 933 mb (27.55 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 315 nmi (583 km, 362 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- WP092002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:00 | 9.6N 139.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 26, 18:00 | 10.0N 138.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 10.3N 138.3E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 10.3N 137.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 10.3N 137.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 18:00 | 10.3N 136.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 00:00 | 10.3N 136.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 10.3N 135.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 10.4N 135.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 10.7N 135.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 11.0N 135.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 11.3N 135.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 11.6N 136.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 12.3N 135.6E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 12.9N 135.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 13.3N 134.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 13.9N 134.1E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 14.6N 133.6E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 15.3N 133.1E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 16.4N 132.4E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 17.5N 131.6E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 18.7N 130.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 19.5N 129.9E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 20.2N 129.0E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 21.0N 128.1E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 22.2N 127.3E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 23.2N 126.3E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 23.8N 125.8E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 24.7N 125.3E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 25.6N 124.9E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 26.9N 124.3E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 28.1N 124.1E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 29.4N 123.9E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 30.7N 123.8E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 32.0N 123.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 32.7N 123.7E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 34.1N 124.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 35.4N 125.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 36.7N 126.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 37.9N 127.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 38.5N 129.8E | 988 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 39.3N 129.8E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 39.6N 129.8E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 39.8N 130.2E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 40.3N 131.7E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 40.4N 132.7E | 1002 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
- Super Typhoon HagibisWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon NoguriWestern 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.