Typhoon Linfa (2009)
Typhoon Linfa reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between June 13, 2009 and June 30, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 967 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Linfa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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
- June 13, 2009 to June 30, 2009
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 967 mb (28.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 42 kt (48 mph)
- Identifier
- WP032009
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 06:00 | 9.7N 130.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 13, 12:00 | 10.2N 129.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 13, 18:00 | 11.0N 129.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 14, 00:00 | 11.9N 128.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 14, 06:00 | 13.0N 127.3E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 14, 12:00 | 13.9N 126.1E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 14.5N 124.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 15.1N 123.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 15.5N 122.8E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 16.1N 122.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 16.6N 121.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 17.5N 121.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 17.7N 120.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 17.8N 119.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 17.6N 118.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 17.6N 117.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 18.0N 117.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 18.1N 116.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 18.0N 116.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 17.8N 116.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 17.6N 116.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 17.5N 116.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 17.7N 117.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 18.2N 117.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 18.7N 117.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 19.2N 117.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 19.7N 117.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 20.2N 117.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 20.7N 117.5E | 65 kt | 983 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 21.3N 117.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 22.1N 118.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 23.0N 118.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 23.8N 118.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 24.5N 118.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 25.3N 118.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 25.9N 119.3E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 26.8N 120.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 27.6N 121.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 29.1N 122.5E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 23, 00:00 | 29.7N 123.8E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 23, 06:00 | 30.1N 125.4E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 23, 12:00 | 31.7N 129.1E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 23, 18:00 | 33.2N 133.4E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 24, 00:00 | 34.0N 137.3E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 24, 06:00 | 35.7N 142.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 24, 12:00 | 37.4N 145.9E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 24, 18:00 | 39.0N 149.1E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 25, 00:00 | 40.1N 152.3E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 25, 06:00 | 41.1N 155.8E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 25, 12:00 | 41.9N 157.6E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 25, 18:00 | 42.6N 159.6E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 26, 00:00 | 42.9N 160.6E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 26, 06:00 | 43.5N 161.8E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 26, 12:00 | 43.9N 163.1E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 26, 18:00 | 44.6N 164.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 45.6N 165.4E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 46.8N 166.6E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 47.9N 168.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 27, 18:00 | 49.3N 168.8E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 28, 00:00 | 50.6N 169.9E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 52.1N 171.2E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 53.8N 172.7E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 55.3N 173.4E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 56.4N 173.8E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 57.4N 174.3E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 58.1N 174.4E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 58.5N 173.5E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 58.4N 172.7E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 58.2N 172.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 57.8N 171.9E | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
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- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2009
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- Tropical Storm GoniWestern Pacific · 2009
- Typhoon MorakotWestern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm EtauWestern Pacific · 2009
- Typhoon VamcoWestern Pacific · 2009
- Typhoon KrovanhWestern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm DujuanWestern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Depression MujigaeWestern Pacific · 2009
- Typhoon KoppuWestern Pacific · 2009
- Super Typhoon Choi-WanWestern Pacific · 2009
- Typhoon KetsanaWestern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2009
- Super Typhoon ParmaWestern Pacific · 2009
- Super Typhoon MelorWestern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm NepartakWestern Pacific · 2009
- Super Typhoon LupitWestern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2009
- Typhoon MirinaeWestern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2009
- Super Typhoon NidaWestern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2009
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.