The 2012 season

Typhoon Haikui (2012)

Typhoon Haikui reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 1, 2012 and August 11, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Haikui, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2012 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 1, 2012 to August 11, 2012
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
974 mb (28.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
245 nmi (454 km, 282 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
45 kt (52 mph)
Fastest the center moved
21 kt (24 mph)
Identifier
WP122012

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 5, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 1, 12:0023.2N 145.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 1, 18:0023.7N 144.8E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Aug 2, 00:0023.3N 143.8E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Aug 2, 06:0022.7N 143.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 2, 12:0023.1N 142.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 2, 18:0023.5N 141.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 3, 00:0023.8N 140.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 3, 06:0024.4N 139.7E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Aug 3, 12:0024.7N 138.4E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Aug 3, 18:0025.0N 136.4E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Aug 4, 00:0024.8N 134.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 4, 06:0025.5N 132.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0026.0N 131.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0026.5N 130.2E45 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0026.8N 129.2E45 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0027.3N 128.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0027.4N 127.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0027.1N 126.6E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0027.3N 126.0E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0027.4N 125.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0027.3N 124.9E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 18:0027.2N 124.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 00:0027.3N 123.9E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 06:0027.8N 123.5E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 12:0028.3N 123.0E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 18:0029.0N 122.3E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 00:0029.5N 121.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0030.0N 120.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0030.5N 119.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0030.7N 118.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0030.7N 117.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 9, 06:0030.7N 117.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 9, 12:0030.7N 117.0E25 kt994 mbTropical depression
Aug 9, 18:0030.5N 116.9E20 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 00:0030.7N 117.0E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0030.3N 116.9E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0030.0N 116.9E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0029.9N 117.1E998 mbMixed
Aug 11, 00:0030.0N 117.2E1000 mbMixed
Aug 11, 06:0030.0N 117.3E1000 mbMixed

Other Western Pacific storms of 2012

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.