Typhoon Kalmaegi (2014)
Typhoon Kalmaegi reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 10, 2014 and September 17, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Kalmaegi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2014 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 10, 2014 to September 17, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 963 mb (28.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 155 nmi (287 km, 178 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
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- WP152014
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 10, 12:00 | 9.9N 142.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 10.4N 141.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 11.3N 139.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 12.8N 138.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 13.7N 136.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 13.9N 133.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 13.8N 132.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 13.7N 131.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 13.5N 130.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 13.8N 129.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 14.1N 128.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 14.6N 127.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 15.2N 126.7E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 15.9N 125.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 16.5N 124.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 17.1N 123.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 17.9N 121.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 18.0N 119.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 18.0N 117.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 18.4N 115.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 18.9N 114.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 19.6N 113.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 20.2N 111.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 20.8N 109.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 21.2N 107.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 21.7N 106.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 22.3N 104.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 23.4N 102.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 24.0N 101.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 21.6N 100.8E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2014
- Tropical Depression LinglingWestern Pacific · 2014 · 70 deaths
- Tropical Storm KajikiWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon FaxaiWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm PeipahWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon TapahWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm MitagWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm HagibisWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2014 · 40 deaths
- Typhoon MatmoWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm NakriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon VongfongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon NuriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2014 · 19 deaths
- Tropical Storm JangmiWestern Pacific · 2014
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.