Typhoon Khanun (2005)
Typhoon Khanun reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 5, 2005 and September 13, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Khanun, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 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
- September 5, 2005 to September 13, 2005
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 927 mb (27.37 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 205 nmi (380 km, 236 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- WP152005
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 8.2N 142.3E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 8.2N 140.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 9.2N 140.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 10.0N 139.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 10.6N 137.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 10.9N 136.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 12.2N 136.4E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 13.0N 135.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 13.3N 134.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 13.0N 133.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 14.0N 133.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 14.7N 132.9E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 15.5N 132.4E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 16.5N 132.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 17.3N 131.5E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 18.2N 131.0E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 19.2N 130.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 20.4N 129.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 21.4N 128.6E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 22.3N 127.4E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 23.2N 126.2E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 24.2N 125.2E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 25.2N 124.4E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 26.1N 123.5E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 27.2N 122.7E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 28.3N 121.9E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 29.3N 121.1E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 30.7N 120.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 31.8N 119.5E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 32.9N 119.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 34.2N 120.0E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 35.1N 121.1E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 35.7N 122.6E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 36.4N 124.8E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 36.8N 126.2E | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2005
- Typhoon KulapWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon RokeWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SoncaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon NesatWestern Pacific · 2005
- Super Typhoon HaitangWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm NalgaeWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm BanyanWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm WashiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon MatsaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon MawarWestern Pacific · 2005
- Super Typhoon TalimWestern Pacific · 2005
- Super Typhoon NabiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm VicenteWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon LongwangWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon KirogiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon Kai-TakWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm TembinWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2005
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.