Super Typhoon Lekima (2019)
Super Typhoon Lekima reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 2, 2019 and August 14, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 904 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Lekima, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- August 2, 2019 to August 14, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 904 mb (26.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 20.2
- Identifier
- WP102019
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 2, 06:00 | 14.5N 134.3E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 14.4N 133.8E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 14.3N 133.3E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 14.3N 132.8E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 14.5N 132.3E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 15.4N 133.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | MD |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 15.5N 132.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | MD |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 16.1N 131.6E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 16.9N 131.5E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 17.7N 131.1E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 18.4N 130.7E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 18.7N 130.2E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 18.9N 129.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 18.5N 129.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 18.6N 129.2E | 45 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 00:00 | 18.9N 129.4E | 50 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 06:00 | 19.2N 129.1E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 12:00 | 19.3N 128.6E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 19.5N 128.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 20.3N 128.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 21.0N 127.7E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 21.6N 127.0E | 115 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 22.1N 126.4E | 120 kt | 925 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 22.7N 126.0E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 23.7N 125.4E | 130 kt | 912 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 24.4N 124.9E | 135 kt | 905 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 25.4N 124.5E | 130 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 26.4N 123.4E | 120 kt | 911 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 27.0N 122.5E | 105 kt | 925 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 27.6N 122.0E | 100 kt | 931 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 28.4N 121.4E | 90 kt | 939 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 29.2N 120.9E | 75 kt | 953 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 30.1N 120.5E | 60 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 30.8N 120.6E | 55 kt | 969 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 31.7N 120.9E | 50 kt | 968 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 33.2N 120.8E | 40 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 34.7N 120.0E | 40 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 36.3N 120.2E | 40 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 37.5N 120.2E | 35 kt | 980 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 37.5N 119.4E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 37.5N 119.3E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 37.1N 119.4E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 37.1N 119.7E | 992 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 37.4N 119.9E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 38.1N 120.5E | 996 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 38.4N 121.0E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 38.6N 121.3E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 38.4N 121.7E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 38.3N 121.8E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 38.3N 122.0E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 38.4N 121.9E | 996 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon WutipWestern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm SepatWestern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm MunWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm DanasWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm NariWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm WiphaWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm BailuWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm PodulWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm KajikiWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon LinglingWestern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm PeipahWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon TapahWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon MitagWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon HagibisWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon BualoiWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon Bulbul:MatmoWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon NakriWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon KalmaegiWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon KammuriWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 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.