The 2006 season

Typhoon Kaemi (2006)

Typhoon Kaemi reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 17, 2006 and July 29, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 967 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kaemi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 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
July 17, 2006 to July 29, 2006
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
967 mb (28.56 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.2
Identifier
WP062006

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 17, 00:007.6N 151.5E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jul 17, 06:008.0N 150.0E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jul 17, 12:008.5N 148.7E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jul 17, 18:009.0N 147.4E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Jul 18, 00:009.4N 146.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 18, 06:009.8N 145.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 18, 12:0010.2N 144.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 18, 18:0010.7N 143.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 00:0011.2N 141.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0011.7N 140.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0012.0N 139.6E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0012.1N 138.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0012.7N 138.1E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0013.6N 137.4E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0014.2N 136.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0014.8N 135.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 21, 00:0015.4N 134.1E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 21, 06:0015.9N 132.8E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 21, 12:0016.2N 131.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 21, 18:0016.4N 130.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 22, 00:0016.6N 129.8E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 22, 06:0016.9N 129.3E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 22, 12:0017.4N 128.8E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 22, 18:0018.1N 128.1E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 00:0019.0N 127.4E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 06:0019.7N 126.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 12:0020.4N 125.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 18:0020.9N 124.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0021.4N 123.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0021.9N 123.0E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0022.4N 122.1E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0023.1N 120.7E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0023.7N 119.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0024.2N 119.0E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0024.6N 117.7E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0024.8N 116.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0024.9N 115.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 06:0025.0N 115.1E994 mbMixed
Jul 26, 12:0025.3N 114.6E996 mbMixed
Jul 26, 18:0025.5N 114.0E998 mbMixed
Jul 27, 00:0025.5N 113.6E1000 mbMixed
Jul 27, 06:0025.2N 112.2EDisturbance
Jul 27, 12:0024.0N 110.4EDisturbance
Jul 27, 18:0023.0N 109.3EDisturbance
Jul 28, 00:0022.0N 109.2EDisturbance
Jul 28, 06:0021.9N 109.1EDisturbance
Jul 28, 12:0021.8N 108.9EDisturbance
Jul 28, 18:0021.7N 108.7EDisturbance
Jul 29, 00:0021.5N 108.5EDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 2006

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.