Super Typhoon Lekima (2013)
Super Typhoon Lekima reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 19, 2013 and October 28, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Lekima, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- October 19, 2013 to October 28, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 691 km (429 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 26.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 37 kt (43 mph)
- Identifier
- WP282013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 9.3N 162.4E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 9.2N 163.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 9.9N 163.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 10.4N 162.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 10.7N 162.1E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 10.8N 161.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 10.5N 160.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 10.9N 160.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 11.6N 160.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 12.2N 160.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 13.1N 160.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 13.9N 159.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 15.1N 158.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 16.3N 156.7E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 17.2N 155.3E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 18.1N 153.8E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 18.6N 152.2E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 19.0N 150.9E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 19.4N 149.8E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 19.9N 148.7E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 20.6N 147.6E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 21.4N 146.5E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 22.4N 145.6E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 23.6N 144.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 25.0N 144.3E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 26.9N 144.5E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 29.2N 145.0E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 31.8N 146.7E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 34.5N 148.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 37.2N 152.7E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 39.6N 156.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 40.2N 158.1E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 40.4N 161.1E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 40.8N 164.8E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 40.9N 169.4E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 40.8N 172.8E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 40.7N 175.6E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 41.7N 176.9E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 42.7N 179.7E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 43.5N 181.1E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm SonamuWestern Pacific · 2013 · 2 deaths
- Tropical Depression ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm LeepiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2013 · 15 deaths
- Tropical Storm CimaronWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm JebiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon UtorWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm YutuWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm TorajiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon PabukWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon WutipWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon FitowWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm SepatWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon DanasWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon WiphaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon HaiyanWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Depression PodulWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon LeharWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.