The 2019 season

Typhoon Francisco (2019)

Typhoon Francisco reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 1, 2019 and August 11, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 966 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Francisco, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 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
August 1, 2019 to August 11, 2019
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
966 mb (28.53 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.6
Identifier
WP092019

Radar at RKSG as it neared land, Aug 6, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 1, 00:0017.4N 154.7E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0018.2N 154.8E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Aug 1, 12:0018.9N 154.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 18:0019.5N 153.3E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Aug 2, 00:0020.3N 152.8E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0020.9N 152.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0021.9N 151.2E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0023.1N 150.1E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0024.3N 148.6E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0025.4N 147.3E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0026.0N 145.9E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0026.7N 144.2E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0027.5N 143.1E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0028.5N 141.6E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0029.1N 139.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0029.8N 138.0E60 kt981 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0030.4N 136.2E60 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0030.7N 134.5E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Aug 5, 12:0031.2N 132.9E70 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 5, 18:0031.7N 131.9E80 kt966 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 00:0032.9N 130.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 06:0034.2N 129.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0035.4N 129.3E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0036.8N 128.8E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0038.1N 128.7E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Aug 7, 06:0039.2N 129.0E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Aug 7, 12:0040.0N 130.0E25 kt999 mbExtratropical
Aug 7, 18:0041.1N 131.7E25 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 00:0041.9N 134.3E25 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 06:0041.3N 137.4E25 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 12:0042.9N 137.1E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0043.0N 139.6E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 00:0043.0N 142.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 06:0042.2N 145.7E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 12:0041.1N 148.8E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 18:0040.6N 152.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 00:0040.3N 155.5E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 06:0040.0N 159.2E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 12:0040.2N 163.1E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 18:0041.0N 167.1E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 00:0041.5N 170.1E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 06:0042.5N 172.2E1006 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2019

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.