The 2019 season

Typhoon Kalmaegi (2019)

Typhoon Kalmaegi reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between November 9, 2019 and November 22, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kalmaegi, 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
November 9, 2019 to November 22, 2019
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.9
Identifier
WP272019

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 9, 18:0014.3N 136.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 00:0014.1N 135.7E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 06:0013.9N 135.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 12:0013.7N 135.2E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 18:0013.5N 134.9E1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 00:0013.4N 134.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 06:0013.2N 133.8E1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 12:0011.5N 133.1E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 11, 18:0011.6N 132.6E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 00:0011.7N 132.2E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 06:0011.7N 132.0E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 12:0011.9N 131.3E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 18:0012.2N 130.2E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 00:0012.7N 129.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 06:0012.9N 128.6E25 kt1005 mbMD
Nov 13, 12:0013.2N 128.3E25 kt1004 mbMD
Nov 13, 18:0013.7N 127.8E25 kt1006 mbMD
Nov 14, 00:0014.5N 127.3E25 kt1005 mbMD
Nov 14, 06:0015.1N 126.8E25 kt1005 mbMD
Nov 14, 12:0015.2N 126.4E25 kt1005 mbMD
Nov 14, 18:0015.4N 126.2E25 kt1004 mbMD
Nov 15, 00:0015.6N 126.4E25 kt1005 mbMD
Nov 15, 06:0015.8N 126.3E25 kt1004 mbMD
Nov 15, 12:0015.9N 126.3E25 kt1004 mbMD
Nov 15, 18:0016.0N 126.3E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 00:0015.8N 126.1E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 06:0015.7N 126.1E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 12:0015.5N 125.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 18:0015.6N 125.4E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:0016.1N 125.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:0016.6N 124.9E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0016.8N 124.6E45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0017.1N 124.1E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0017.5N 123.6E55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0018.2N 123.3E70 kt984 mbTyphoon
Nov 18, 12:0018.9N 123.0E75 kt980 mbTyphoon
Nov 18, 18:0019.0N 122.6E85 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 00:0019.2N 122.5E90 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 06:0019.2N 122.7E85 kt966 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 12:0018.9N 122.5E75 kt977 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 18:0018.5N 122.2E65 kt982 mbTyphoon
Nov 20, 00:0017.5N 121.5E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0016.6N 120.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0015.4N 120.1E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 18:0014.2N 118.9E25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 21, 00:0013.5N 118.0E20 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 06:0013.0N 116.9E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 12:0012.5N 115.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 18:0012.0N 114.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 00:0011.3N 114.0E20 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 06:0010.5N 112.9E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 12:009.7N 111.5E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance

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.