Super Typhoon Jelawat (2012)
Super Typhoon Jelawat reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 19, 2012 and October 3, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Jelawat, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 19, 2012 to October 3, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 46.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 165 nmi (306 km, 190 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 130 kt (150 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Identifier
- WP182012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 14.9N 140.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 14.4N 139.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 14.4N 137.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 14.2N 136.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 14.1N 134.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 13.9N 133.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 13.7N 132.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 13.4N 131.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 13.1N 130.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 12.8N 130.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 12.4N 130.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 12.0N 130.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 12.0N 130.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 11.9N 130.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 11.8N 129.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 11.9N 129.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 11.9N 128.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 12.2N 128.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 12.7N 128.7E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 13.1N 128.6E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 13.7N 128.5E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 14.2N 128.2E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 14.7N 128.0E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 15.3N 127.8E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 15.8N 127.8E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 16.4N 127.5E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 16.8N 127.2E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 17.1N 126.8E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 17.5N 126.5E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 17.9N 126.2E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 18.4N 125.9E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 19.1N 125.4E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 19.6N 124.8E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 20.2N 124.4E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 20.9N 124.1E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 21.7N 123.9E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 22.5N 124.1E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 23.4N 124.5E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 24.2N 125.1E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 25.0N 126.1E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 26.1N 127.3E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 27.1N 128.5E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 28.0N 130.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 29.6N 132.5E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 31.7N 134.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 33.4N 136.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 35.3N 138.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 38.7N 141.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 41.0N 144.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 43.2N 148.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 46.0N 155.0E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 47.1N 160.7E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 47.8N 165.7E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 48.0N 170.7E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 48.2N 175.5E | 982 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 48.6N 179.8E | 982 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 48.7N 182.2E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm PakharWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon MawarWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm TalimWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm DoksuriWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KhanunWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon VicenteWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon HaikuiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KirogiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon Kai-TakWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon TembinWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon SanbaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm MariaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon BophaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm WukongWestern Pacific · 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.