The 2019 season

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.

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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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 2, 06:0014.5N 134.3E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0014.4N 133.8E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0014.3N 133.3E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0014.3N 132.8E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0014.5N 132.3E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0015.4N 133.8E20 kt1007 mbMD
Aug 3, 18:0015.5N 132.4E25 kt1004 mbMD
Aug 4, 00:0016.1N 131.6E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Aug 4, 06:0016.9N 131.5E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Aug 4, 12:0017.7N 131.1E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0018.4N 130.7E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0018.7N 130.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0018.9N 129.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0018.5N 129.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0018.6N 129.2E45 kt986 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0018.9N 129.4E50 kt983 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0019.2N 129.1E55 kt981 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0019.3N 128.6E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 18:0019.5N 128.4E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 00:0020.3N 128.2E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 06:0021.0N 127.7E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 12:0021.6N 127.0E115 kt933 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 18:0022.1N 126.4E120 kt925 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 00:0022.7N 126.0E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 06:0023.7N 125.4E130 kt912 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 8, 12:0024.4N 124.9E135 kt905 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 8, 18:0025.4N 124.5E130 kt904 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 9, 00:0026.4N 123.4E120 kt911 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 06:0027.0N 122.5E105 kt925 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 12:0027.6N 122.0E100 kt931 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 18:0028.4N 121.4E90 kt939 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 00:0029.2N 120.9E75 kt953 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 06:0030.1N 120.5E60 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0030.8N 120.6E55 kt969 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0031.7N 120.9E50 kt968 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0033.2N 120.8E40 kt977 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0034.7N 120.0E40 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0036.3N 120.2E40 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0037.5N 120.2E35 kt980 mbSubtropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0037.5N 119.4E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0037.5N 119.3E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0037.1N 119.4E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0037.1N 119.7E992 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0037.4N 119.9E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0038.1N 120.5E996 mbMixed
Aug 13, 12:0038.4N 121.0E998 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0038.6N 121.3E998 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0038.4N 121.7E1000 mbMixed
Aug 14, 06:0038.3N 121.8E1000 mbMixed
Aug 14, 12:0038.3N 122.0E998 mbMixed
Aug 14, 18:0038.4N 121.9E996 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.