The 2013 season

Typhoon Lehar (2013)

Typhoon Lehar reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between November 19, 2013 and November 29, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 967 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Lehar, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
November 19, 2013 to November 29, 2013
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
967 mb (28.56 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.2
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
105 nmi (194 km, 121 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
IO052013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 19, 18:007.3N 103.3E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 00:006.8N 103.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 06:006.9N 102.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 12:006.5N 102.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 18:006.3N 102.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 00:006.3N 101.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 06:006.4N 101.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 12:006.7N 100.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 18:006.7N 99.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 00:006.6N 99.4E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 06:006.3N 99.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 12:006.3N 98.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 18:006.8N 98.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 00:007.3N 97.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 06:008.0N 97.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 12:008.7N 96.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:009.4N 96.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0010.0N 95.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0010.6N 94.6E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0011.0N 93.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0011.4N 93.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0011.7N 92.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0011.9N 92.2E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 12:0012.1N 91.7E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 18:0012.3N 91.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 26, 00:0012.5N 90.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 26, 06:0012.7N 89.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 26, 12:0012.9N 88.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 26, 18:0013.2N 88.1E70 kt975 mbTyphoon
Nov 27, 00:0013.6N 87.0E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 27, 06:0013.9N 85.9E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 27, 12:0013.9N 85.2E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 27, 18:0014.1N 84.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 00:0014.6N 83.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 06:0015.0N 82.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 12:0015.4N 81.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 18:0015.4N 80.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 29, 00:0016.1N 78.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 2013

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.