Typhoon Halong (2008)
Typhoon Halong reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between May 14, 2008 and May 24, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 967 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Halong, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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
- May 14, 2008 to May 24, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 967 mb (28.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 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
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Identifier
- WP052008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 06:00 | 11.5N 115.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| May 14, 12:00 | 11.6N 116.0E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| May 14, 18:00 | 11.7N 116.4E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| May 15, 00:00 | 11.8N 116.8E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| May 15, 06:00 | 12.3N 117.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 15, 12:00 | 12.8N 117.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 18:00 | 13.3N 117.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 16, 00:00 | 13.8N 117.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 06:00 | 14.4N 117.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 12:00 | 14.8N 117.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 18:00 | 15.1N 118.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 00:00 | 15.4N 118.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 06:00 | 15.8N 119.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 12:00 | 16.3N 120.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 18:00 | 16.9N 121.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 00:00 | 17.4N 122.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 06:00 | 18.4N 123.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 12:00 | 19.2N 124.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 18:00 | 20.0N 126.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 00:00 | 21.1N 127.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 06:00 | 22.1N 128.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 12:00 | 23.5N 130.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 18:00 | 25.0N 132.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 00:00 | 26.6N 135.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 06:00 | 28.5N 138.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| May 20, 12:00 | 31.9N 142.5E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 20, 18:00 | 33.7N 144.8E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 21, 00:00 | 36.2N 148.3E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 21, 06:00 | 38.6N 151.5E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 21, 12:00 | 41.1N 154.7E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 21, 18:00 | 42.9N 157.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 22, 00:00 | 44.3N 158.5E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 22, 06:00 | 45.5N 159.8E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 22, 12:00 | 46.8N 160.8E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 22, 18:00 | 48.0N 161.3E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 23, 00:00 | 49.1N 161.3E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 23, 06:00 | 49.8N 161.1E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 23, 12:00 | 50.8N 160.6E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 23, 18:00 | 51.6N 160.6E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 24, 00:00 | 51.6N 160.2E | 1010 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 24, 06:00 | 51.3N 160.1E | 1010 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2008 · 26 deaths
- Super Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MatmoWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NakriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon KalmaegiWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm VongfongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NuriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2008
- Super Typhoon JangmiWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm HigosWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm BaviWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MaysakWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm NoulWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm HaishenWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon DolphinWestern Pacific · 2008
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.