Tropical Storm Khanun (2012)
Tropical Storm Khanun peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between July 13, 2012 and July 20, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Khanun, 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
- July 13, 2012 to July 20, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 24 kt (28 mph)
- Identifier
- WP082012
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 13, 18:00 | 18.7N 143.8E | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 19.1N 144.0E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 19.5N 143.9E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 19.8N 143.8E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 20.2N 143.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 20.7N 142.8E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 21.7N 141.8E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 22.5N 140.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 22.9N 138.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 23.3N 137.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 24.0N 136.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 24.9N 134.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 25.6N 132.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 26.3N 131.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 26.8N 129.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 27.7N 128.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 28.8N 127.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 29.9N 126.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 32.0N 126.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 33.7N 126.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 35.6N 126.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 37.3N 127.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 39.3N 128.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 39.9N 128.2E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 40.4N 128.8E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 40.6N 129.6E | 1006 mb | 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
- 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
- Super Typhoon JelawatWestern 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.