The 2012 season

Typhoon Damrey (2012)

Typhoon Damrey reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 27, 2012 and August 4, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
July 27, 2012 to August 4, 2012
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.8
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
125 nmi (232 km, 144 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
190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
22 kt (25 mph)
Identifier
WP112012

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 27, 06:0024.8N 148.7E1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0025.2N 148.3E1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0025.6N 147.9E1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0025.9N 147.5E1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0025.9N 146.5E20 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Jul 28, 12:0025.8N 146.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 28, 18:0025.8N 146.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 00:0025.8N 145.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 06:0025.7N 145.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 12:0025.5N 145.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0025.5N 145.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0025.5N 145.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0025.8N 144.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0026.6N 143.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0027.5N 142.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0028.1N 140.6E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0028.7N 138.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0029.1N 137.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0029.6N 134.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0030.1N 132.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0030.4N 130.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0031.0N 128.9E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 1, 18:0031.8N 126.7E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 00:0032.7N 124.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 06:0033.8N 122.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 12:0034.5N 120.4E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 18:0035.1N 119.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0035.8N 118.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0036.9N 117.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0037.6N 118.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0038.5N 118.4E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0039.5N 119.5E1006 mbTropical storm

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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.