The 2005 season

Typhoon Kirogi (2005)

Typhoon Kirogi reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 9, 2005 and October 19, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kirogi, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
October 9, 2005 to October 19, 2005
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
927 mb (27.37 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 310 km (193 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
28.4
Identifier
WP212005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 9, 00:0022.0N 137.9E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0022.4N 137.2E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0022.7N 136.4E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0023.0N 135.4E1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0022.9N 134.4E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Oct 10, 06:0022.6N 133.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 12:0022.1N 133.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 18:0021.7N 133.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0021.3N 133.2E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 06:0021.0N 133.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Oct 11, 12:0020.7N 133.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Oct 11, 18:0020.5N 132.7E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 12, 00:0020.5N 132.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 12, 06:0020.7N 132.2E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 12, 12:0020.9N 132.0E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 12, 18:0021.1N 131.8E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Oct 13, 00:0021.3N 131.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 13, 06:0021.6N 131.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 13, 12:0021.9N 131.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 13, 18:0022.3N 131.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 14, 00:0022.5N 131.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 14, 06:0022.9N 131.2E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 14, 12:0023.0N 131.1E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 14, 18:0023.1N 131.1E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 15, 00:0023.3N 131.2E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 15, 06:0023.5N 131.4E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 15, 12:0023.8N 131.8E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 15, 18:0024.0N 132.3E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 16, 00:0024.3N 132.9E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Oct 16, 06:0024.7N 133.5E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Oct 16, 12:0025.3N 134.0E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Oct 16, 18:0025.9N 134.3E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Oct 17, 00:0026.6N 134.7E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 17, 06:0027.6N 135.0E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Oct 17, 12:0028.5N 135.6E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 17, 18:0029.4N 136.1E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 18, 00:0030.2N 136.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 18, 06:0030.9N 137.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Oct 18, 12:0031.9N 139.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Oct 18, 18:0032.7N 140.7E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0033.4N 142.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0031.2N 141.6E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0031.7N 143.3E1012 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.