Typhoon Cimaron (2018)
Typhoon Cimaron reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 16, 2018 and August 24, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 936 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Cimaron, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2018 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
- August 16, 2018 to August 24, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 936 mb (27.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 13.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 245 nmi (454 km, 282 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 77 nmi (143 km, 89 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 135 kt (155 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Identifier
- WP232018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 11.3N 160.3E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 12.8N 158.3E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 12.6N 158.3E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 12.6N 158.1E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 13.0N 156.9E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 13.4N 155.7E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 13.7N 155.0E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 14.0N 154.5E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 14.4N 153.7E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 14.8N 152.9E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 15.1N 152.1E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 15.6N 151.2E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 15.8N 150.6E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 16.4N 150.0E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 17.0N 148.9E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 17.8N 147.9E | 65 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 18.5N 147.3E | 70 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 19.4N 146.2E | 65 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 20.2N 145.1E | 75 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 21.2N 144.0E | 85 kt | 964 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 21.9N 142.8E | 90 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 23.2N 141.2E | 100 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 24.2N 139.9E | 115 kt | 936 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 25.5N 138.7E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 26.9N 137.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 28.4N 135.9E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 30.1N 135.0E | 80 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 31.9N 134.4E | 75 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 33.9N 134.6E | 70 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 36.5N 135.1E | 55 kt | 971 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 39.0N 135.9E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 40.7N 137.9E | 40 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 41.3N 139.9E | 35 kt | 984 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 42.4N 145.1E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm BolavenWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Storm SanbaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon JelawatWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2018 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2018 · 3 deaths
- Super Typhoon MariaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm AmpilWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon WukongWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon JongdariWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon LeepiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2018 · 53 deaths
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2018 · 86 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon JebiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2018 · 59 deaths
- Tropical Storm BarijatWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Depression TorajiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm PabukWestern Pacific · 2018
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.