The 2015 season

Typhoon Krovanh (2015)

Typhoon Krovanh reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between September 13, 2015 and September 26, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Krovanh, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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
September 13, 2015 to September 26, 2015
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
948 mb (27.99 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 470 km (292 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
130 kt (150 mph)
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
WP202015

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 13, 18:0013.9N 151.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 00:0014.6N 152.4E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 14, 06:0015.4N 152.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 14, 12:0016.3N 152.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 14, 18:0017.0N 152.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 15, 00:0017.6N 151.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 15, 06:0018.0N 150.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0018.3N 150.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0018.5N 149.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0019.2N 148.4E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 06:0019.8N 147.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0020.0N 146.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0020.5N 145.6E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 17, 00:0021.1N 144.9E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 17, 06:0021.7N 144.1E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Sep 17, 12:0022.2N 143.5E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Sep 17, 18:0023.0N 142.8E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Sep 18, 00:0023.7N 142.4E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Sep 18, 06:0024.5N 142.2E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Sep 18, 12:0025.6N 142.3E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Sep 18, 18:0026.6N 142.6E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 19, 00:0027.9N 143.3E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 19, 06:0029.0N 144.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 19, 12:0030.1N 145.2E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 18:0031.0N 146.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 00:0031.8N 147.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 06:0032.9N 148.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 12:0034.0N 149.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 18:0035.3N 150.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 00:0036.4N 151.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 06:0036.4N 151.9E40 kt992 mbMixed
Sep 21, 12:0037.0N 152.2E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 21, 18:0037.8N 152.5E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 22, 00:0039.1N 153.2E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 22, 06:0040.5N 153.9E990 mbExtratropical
Sep 22, 12:0042.3N 155.0E988 mbExtratropical
Sep 22, 18:0043.0N 154.8E988 mbExtratropical
Sep 23, 00:0042.6N 154.3E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 23, 06:0041.4N 154.7E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 23, 12:0040.3N 155.7E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 23, 18:0039.6N 157.1E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 24, 00:0039.4N 158.7E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 24, 06:0039.4N 160.7E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 24, 12:0039.8N 162.3E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 24, 18:0040.9N 164.2E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 25, 00:0041.7N 165.5E994 mbExtratropical
Sep 25, 06:0042.4N 166.8E994 mbExtratropical
Sep 25, 12:0042.9N 168.0E994 mbExtratropical
Sep 25, 18:0043.4N 169.6E994 mbExtratropical
Sep 26, 00:0043.8N 171.3E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 26, 06:0044.5N 173.8E996 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2015

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.