The 2005 season

Typhoon Roke (2005)

Typhoon Roke reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between March 12, 2005 and March 19, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Roke, 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
March 12, 2005 to March 19, 2005
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.2
Identifier
WP022005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 12, 00:006.2N 152.8E15 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Mar 12, 06:006.0N 151.8E15 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Mar 12, 12:006.1N 150.7E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 12, 18:006.8N 149.5E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 13, 00:007.4N 148.2E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 13, 06:008.0N 146.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 13, 12:008.5N 145.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 13, 18:009.2N 144.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 14, 00:0010.1N 142.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 14, 06:0010.2N 141.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 12:0010.4N 140.0E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 18:0010.9N 138.9E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 00:0011.6N 137.5E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 06:0011.9N 136.0E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 12:0012.1N 134.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 18:0012.1N 132.9E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 00:0011.9N 131.1E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 06:0011.7N 129.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 12:0011.4N 126.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 18:0011.0N 125.0E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 17, 00:0011.0N 123.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 06:0011.6N 121.3E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 12:0012.3N 120.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 18:0012.8N 118.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 18, 00:0012.0N 117.1E1008 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 06:0011.9N 115.9E1008 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 12:0011.6N 114.6E1008 mbMixed
Mar 18, 18:0011.4N 113.4E1008 mbMixed
Mar 19, 00:0010.9N 112.0E1008 mbMixed
Mar 19, 06:0010.5N 110.5E1008 mbMixed

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.