Typhoon Linfa (2015)
Typhoon Linfa reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 1, 2015 and July 10, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 967 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Linfa, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 1, 2015 to July 10, 2015
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 967 mb (28.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- WP102015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 13.3N 129.9E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 14.1N 129.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 14.7N 129.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 15.1N 128.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 15.4N 127.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 15.3N 126.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 15.2N 126.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 15.5N 125.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 15.9N 125.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 16.4N 124.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 16.7N 123.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 17.1N 123.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 17.4N 122.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 17.7N 121.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 17.7N 120.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 17.7N 119.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 18.2N 119.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 18.7N 119.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 19.3N 119.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 19.6N 119.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 20.0N 119.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 20.3N 118.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 20.6N 118.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 20.9N 118.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 21.1N 118.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 21.4N 118.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 21.7N 118.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 22.2N 118.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 22.4N 117.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 22.8N 116.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 23.1N 115.6E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 23.0N 114.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 22.6N 113.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 21.5N 111.2E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2015
- Typhoon MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2015 · 3 deaths
- Super Typhoon HigosWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm BaviWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon MaysakWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm HaishenWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon NoulWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon DolphinWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm KujiraWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon Chan-HomWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon NangkaWestern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon SoudelorWestern Pacific · 2015 · 59 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm MolaveWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon GoniWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon AtsaniWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm EtauWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm VamcoWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon KrovanhWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon DujuanWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon MujigaeWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon Choi-WanWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon KoppuWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon ChampiWestern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon In-FaWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon MelorWestern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.