Typhoon Wukong (2018)
Typhoon Wukong reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 21, 2018 and July 27, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Wukong, 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
- July 21, 2018 to July 27, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 203 km (126 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 43 nmi (80 km, 49 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
- Fastest the center moved
- 28 kt (32 mph)
- Identifier
- WP142018
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 21, 06:00 | 20.6N 158.8E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical wave |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 21.1N 158.9E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical wave |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 21.7N 159.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 22.1N 159.2E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 22.8N 159.3E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 23.7N 159.4E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 24.4N 159.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 25.2N 159.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 26.1N 159.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 27.2N 159.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 28.4N 159.1E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 29.2N 159.0E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 30.1N 158.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 30.8N 158.5E | 50 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 31.7N 158.2E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 32.7N 158.0E | 60 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 33.9N 157.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 35.3N 157.3E | 60 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 37.1N 156.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 38.5N 154.7E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 40.0N 153.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 41.3N 152.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 43.0N 152.0E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 44.5N 152.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 45.9N 153.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 47.9N 155.7E | 1008 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 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 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.