Track map & timeline · Central Pacific · August 20 – September 11, 2015
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Kilo (2015) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2015 Central Pacific season. It formed on August 20, 2015, reached its peak of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb on August 30, 2015, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 63 mph in 24 hours (to 132 mph on August 30, 2015). The storm lasted 22.5 days and travelled about 5,748 miles (9,248 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 10.0°N 145.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 10.3°N 146.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 10.6°N 148.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 11.0°N 149.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 11.6°N 150.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 12.2°N 150.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 12.8°N 152.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 13.2°N 153.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 13.3°N 154.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 13.2°N 155.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 13.7°N 157.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 13.9°N 158.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.1°N 160.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.3°N 161.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.4°N 163.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.5°N 164.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.6°N 165.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 15.0°N 166.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 15.7°N 167.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 16.5°N 167.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 17.3°N 167.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 18.0°N 167.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 18.3°N 167.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 18.5°N 167.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 18.7°N 167.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 18.7°N 167.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 18.5°N 167.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 18.3°N 167.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 18.1°N 167.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 18.0°N 167.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 17.9°N 168.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 17.7°N 168.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 17.5°N 168.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 17.4°N 169.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 17.4°N 170.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 17.5°N 171.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 17.6°N 172.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 985 mb | 17.7°N 173.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 976 mb | 17.8°N 173.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 952 mb | 17.9°N 174.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 18.1°N 175.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 940 mb | 18.3°N 176.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 946 mb | 18.6°N 177.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 952 mb | 18.9°N 177.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 952 mb | 19.6°N 178.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 956 mb | 20.3°N 178.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 959 mb | 21.0°N 178.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 959 mb | 21.6°N 179.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 959 mb | 22.2°N 179.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 959 mb | 22.8°N 179.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 959 mb | 23.3°N 179.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 965 mb | 23.6°N 179.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 968 mb | 24.0°N 179.6°E | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 972 mb | 24.2°N 179.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 972 mb | 24.5°N 178.7°E | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 971 mb | 24.7°N 178.3°E | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 967 mb | 24.7°N 178.1°E | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 24.5°N 177.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 968 mb | 24.3°N 177.6°E | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 972 mb | 24.0°N 177.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 975 mb | 23.7°N 176.7°E | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 23.6°N 176.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 23.5°N 175.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 23.5°N 174.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 975 mb | 23.5°N 173.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 969 mb | 23.6°N 172.7°E | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 962 mb | 23.6°N 171.4°E | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 957 mb | 23.7°N 170.4°E | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 961 mb | 23.9°N 169.4°E | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 960 mb | 24.1°N 168.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 963 mb | 24.3°N 167.4°E | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 963 mb | 24.4°N 166.1°E | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 967 mb | 24.6°N 165.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 967 mb | 24.9°N 164.1°E | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 967 mb | 25.2°N 162.7°E | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 971 mb | 25.6°N 161.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 970 mb | 26.2°N 160.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 972 mb | 26.7°N 158.6°E | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 974 mb | 27.2°N 157.1°E | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 974 mb | 28.1°N 155.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 974 mb | 29.0°N 154.6°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 973 mb | 29.9°N 153.3°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 976 mb | 30.7°N 152.1°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 979 mb | 31.6°N 150.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 979 mb | 32.6°N 150.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 978 mb | 33.7°N 149.3°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 978 mb | 35.0°N 148.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 974 mb | 36.8°N 147.7°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 973 mb | 38.5°N 147.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 975 mb | 40.7°N 147.4°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 977 mb | 43.3°N 148.3°E | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Kilo.
At its peak on August 30, 2015, Kilo was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a central pressure of 940 mb.
22.5 days, from August 20, 2015 to September 11, 2015, including 270 hours at hurricane strength (72 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 5,748 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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