Super Typhoon Kong-Rey (2018)
Super Typhoon Kong-Rey reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 27, 2018 and October 7, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 906 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Kong-Rey, 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
- September 27, 2018 to October 7, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 906 mb (26.75 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 25.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 95 nmi (176 km, 109 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 350 nmi (648 km, 403 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Identifier
- WP302018
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 27, 12:00 | 6.3N 153.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 7.2N 152.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 7.4N 151.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 8.8N 149.6E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 9.7N 148.0E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 11.2N 146.5E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 12.2N 144.2E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 12.5N 142.2E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 12.7N 140.7E | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 13.3N 139.6E | 65 kt | 989 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 13.8N 138.8E | 80 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 14.5N 137.9E | 80 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 15.0N 137.2E | 85 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 15.3N 136.5E | 90 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 15.6N 135.9E | 100 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 16.1N 135.2E | 115 kt | 943 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 16.8N 134.4E | 135 kt | 923 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 17.3N 133.6E | 150 kt | 906 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 17.6N 132.7E | 145 kt | 911 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 18.2N 132.0E | 140 kt | 916 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 18.9N 131.2E | 130 kt | 928 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 19.6N 130.3E | 120 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 20.1N 129.7E | 105 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 20.8N 129.2E | 95 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 21.6N 128.7E | 85 kt | 964 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 22.4N 128.1E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 23.2N 127.6E | 70 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 24.4N 127.1E | 65 kt | 973 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 25.5N 126.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 26.8N 126.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 27.9N 125.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 29.4N 125.8E | 60 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 31.4N 125.8E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 32.8N 126.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 35.0N 128.6E | 60 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 37.1N 130.4E | 55 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 38.7N 133.4E | 50 kt | 984 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 40.7N 136.9E | 45 kt | 986 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 42.0N 140.4E | 45 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 42.5N 147.0E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 41.4N 151.8E | 996 mb | 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
- Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2018
- 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 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.