Super Typhoon Fran (1976)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

September 2, 1976 to September 16, 1976

Peak strength

Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)

Lowest pressure

910 mb (26.87 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

29.9

Fastest the center moved

24 kt (28 mph)

Identifier

WP171976

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.

• Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 180 kt · 965 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm LornaWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm35 kt · 998 mb
• Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 4115 kt · 930 mb
• Tropical Storm NancyWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon OlgaWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 3100 kt · 940 mb
• Super Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 4130 kt · 920 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Depression
• Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 4120 kt · 935 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Depression
• Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 4115 kt · 925 mb
• Super Typhoon ThereseWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 4135 kt · 905 mb
• Tropical Storm WildaWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm45 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm VioletWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon AnitaWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 165 kt · 980 mb
• Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 4125 kt · 915 mb
• Tropical Storm ClaraWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm40 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Depression BillieWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm DotWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm50 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm EllenWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm45 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm40 kt · 990 mb
• Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 175 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Depression GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Depression994 mb
• Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 170 kt · 965 mb
• Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 170 kt · 965 mb
• Super Typhoon LouiseWestern Pacific · 1976Cat 5140 kt · 895 mb
• Tropical Storm MargeWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm60 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm NoraWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm OpalWestern Pacific · 1976Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Fran