Typhoon Kalmaegi (2008)
Typhoon Kalmaegi reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between July 11, 2008 and July 24, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 956 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Kalmaegi, 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
- July 11, 2008 to July 24, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 956 mb (28.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- WP082008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 20.1N 126.1E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 19.9N 126.5E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 19.9N 126.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 20.1N 127.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 19.7N 126.9E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 20.0N 126.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 20.3N 126.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 20.0N 126.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 20.0N 126.2E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 20.4N 126.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 20.2N 125.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 19.6N 125.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 19.1N 125.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 18.9N 124.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 18.5N 124.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 18.2N 124.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 18.3N 123.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 18.1N 123.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 18.4N 123.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 18.8N 123.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 19.4N 123.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 20.4N 123.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 21.3N 123.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 22.5N 122.8E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 23.3N 122.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 24.1N 122.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 24.8N 121.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 25.5N 121.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 26.2N 120.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 26.9N 119.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 27.4N 119.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 28.4N 119.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 29.6N 120.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 30.8N 121.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 32.7N 121.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 34.4N 123.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 35.8N 124.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 37.3N 125.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 38.8N 126.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 39.2N 128.2E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 40.1N 130.3E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 41.0N 131.3E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 42.0N 132.3E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 42.7N 133.2E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 43.3N 134.6E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 44.2N 136.2E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 44.7N 137.7E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 45.2N 139.6E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 45.7N 140.6E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 46.1N 142.1E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 46.4N 143.1E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 46.7N 144.2E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 47.1N 145.0E | 1004 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 HalongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NakriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon FengshenWestern 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.