Super Typhoon Kong-Rey (2024)

Super Typhoon Kong-Rey reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 24, 2024 and November 2, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 915 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Kong-Rey, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 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: October 24, 2024 to November 2, 2024
Peak strength: Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure: 915 mb (27.02 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 17.8
Identifier: WP232024

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 25, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Oct 24, 00:00	12.7N 149.8E		1002 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 24, 06:00	13.1N 148.3E	20 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
Oct 24, 12:00	13.3N 147.1E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 24, 18:00	13.6N 146.1E	20 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Oct 25, 00:00	13.7N 145.4E	25 kt	1001 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 25, 06:00	14.5N 143.2E	30 kt	999 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 25, 12:00	15.4N 141.0E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 25, 18:00	16.1N 139.3E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 26, 00:00	16.4N 137.6E	35 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 26, 06:00	16.6N 136.6E	35 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 26, 12:00	16.7N 135.6E	30 kt	991 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 26, 18:00	16.7N 134.3E	35 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 27, 00:00	16.7N 133.1E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 27, 06:00	16.6N 132.2E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 27, 12:00	16.5N 131.4E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 27, 18:00	16.5N 130.4E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 28, 00:00	16.5N 129.6E	55 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 28, 06:00	16.3N 129.0E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 28, 12:00	16.6N 128.5E	65 kt	977 mb	Typhoon
Oct 28, 18:00	17.0N 127.9E	70 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Oct 29, 00:00	17.4N 127.2E	80 kt	971 mb	Typhoon
Oct 29, 06:00	17.9N 126.6E	100 kt	953 mb	Typhoon
Oct 29, 12:00	18.5N 126.0E	120 kt	933 mb	Typhoon
Oct 29, 18:00	18.9N 125.4E	130 kt	915 mb	Super typhoon
Oct 30, 00:00	19.2N 124.9E	140 kt	917 mb	Super typhoon
Oct 30, 06:00	19.8N 124.2E	125 kt	929 mb	Typhoon
Oct 30, 12:00	20.4N 123.6E	120 kt	934 mb	Typhoon
Oct 30, 18:00	21.1N 122.8E	115 kt	939 mb	Typhoon
Oct 31, 00:00	22.0N 122.1E	110 kt	943 mb	Typhoon
Oct 31, 06:00	23.1N 121.3E	100 kt	947 mb	Typhoon
Oct 31, 12:00	24.0N 120.2E	80 kt	966 mb	Typhoon
Oct 31, 18:00	25.3N 120.0E	55 kt	976 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 1, 00:00	26.6N 120.6E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 1, 06:00	28.3N 121.4E	50 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 1, 12:00	30.5N 123.0E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 1, 18:00	32.6N 128.4E	45 kt	993 mb	Extratropical
Nov 2, 00:00	32.7N 130.4E		1004 mb	Extratropical
Nov 2, 06:00	34.7N 136.8E			Extratropical
Nov 2, 12:00	34.7N 140.5E			Extratropical

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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.