Tropical Storm Kirogi (2012)
Tropical Storm Kirogi peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between August 3, 2012 and August 12, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kirogi, 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
- August 3, 2012 to August 12, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 33 kt (38 mph)
- Identifier
- WP132012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 24.0N 161.9E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 23.8N 162.1E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 23.6N 162.4E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 23.2N 162.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 23.4N 163.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 23.7N 162.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 23.6N 161.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 22.9N 161.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 23.5N 162.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 24.2N 162.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 25.2N 162.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 00:00 | 25.8N 162.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 6, 06:00 | 26.6N 163.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 12:00 | 27.5N 162.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 28.4N 162.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 29.0N 161.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 29.6N 161.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 30.2N 160.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 30.9N 160.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 31.6N 159.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 31.9N 158.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 32.7N 157.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 33.6N 156.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 34.6N 155.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 36.0N 154.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 37.4N 152.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 39.5N 151.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 41.9N 149.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 44.6N 147.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 47.0N 145.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 48.6N 147.2E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 50.4N 146.9E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 53.7N 146.9E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 55.5N 146.9E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 57.8N 148.1E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 59.0N 147.9E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 61.2N 148.2E | 992 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
- Tropical Storm KhanunWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon VicenteWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon HaikuiWestern 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.