The 1976 season

Typhoon Anita (1976)

Typhoon Anita reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 20, 1976 and July 27, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Anita, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1976 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
July 20, 1976 to July 27, 1976
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.1
Identifier
WP121976

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 20, 00:0015.4N 126.6E15 ktTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0015.6N 125.7E15 ktTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0015.8N 125.3E20 ktTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0016.2N 125.3E20 ktTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0016.4N 125.9E25 ktTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0016.2N 126.8E30 ktTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0016.0N 127.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0015.8N 128.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0015.7N 129.8E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0016.2N 130.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0017.2N 132.0E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0018.2N 132.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0019.5N 133.2E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0021.1N 133.4E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0022.9N 133.3E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0024.9N 133.1E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0026.9N 132.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0028.8N 132.1E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0030.7N 131.5E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0032.3N 130.7E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0033.6N 129.9E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0034.8N 129.7E20 kt1000 mbMixed
Jul 25, 12:0036.0N 130.0E15 kt1004 mbMixed
Jul 25, 18:0037.5N 130.5E15 kt1006 mbMixed
Jul 26, 00:0039.0N 131.5E20 kt1006 mbMixed
Jul 26, 06:0040.0N 132.9E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0041.0N 135.0E15 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0043.4N 137.5E15 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0046.0N 140.0E15 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0047.4N 142.5E15 ktTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0048.0N 145.0E15 ktTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1976

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.