Typhoon Lekima (2007)
Typhoon Lekima reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 28, 2007 and October 4, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Lekima, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 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 28, 2007 to October 4, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 215 nmi (398 km, 247 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Identifier
- WP162007
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 28, 18:00 | 17.3N 125.0E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 16.5N 122.2E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 15.8N 119.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 15.2N 118.2E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 15.1N 116.8E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 15.0N 115.7E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 14.7N 114.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 14.7N 114.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 15.1N 114.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 15.4N 113.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 15.7N 113.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 16.1N 112.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 16.5N 112.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 16.9N 111.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 17.3N 110.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 17.6N 109.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 17.5N 109.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 17.5N 108.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 17.7N 107.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 17.9N 106.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 17.9N 105.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 17.9N 103.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 17.8N 102.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 17.4N 101.7E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 17.5N 100.8E | 1002 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2007
- Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm TorajiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2007 · 16 deaths
- Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon PabukWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Depression WutipWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon SepatWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon FitowWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon DanasWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon WiphaWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm HaiyanWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm PodulWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon KajikiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm FaxaiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon PeipahWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm TapahWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon HagibisWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon MitagWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
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.