The 1976 season

Typhoon Marie (1976)

Typhoon Marie reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between April 1, 1976 and April 16, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Marie. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
April 1, 1976 to April 16, 1976
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 390 km (242 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
28.8
Identifier
WP031976

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
Apr 1, 00:0010.7N 139.5E20 ktTropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0010.3N 139.7E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0010.0N 139.9E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:009.6N 139.8E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 2, 00:009.3N 139.7E30 ktTropical storm
Apr 2, 06:009.0N 139.8E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 2, 12:008.8N 140.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 18:008.6N 140.1E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 00:008.4N 140.2E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 06:008.2N 140.4E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 12:008.1N 140.7E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 18:008.2N 140.9E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:008.3N 141.0E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:008.6N 140.7E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:008.3N 140.0E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:007.7N 139.8E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 00:007.5N 139.6E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 06:007.4N 139.4E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 12:007.3N 139.2E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 18:007.2N 138.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 00:007.4N 138.2E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 06:007.8N 137.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 12:008.0N 137.1E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 18:008.2N 136.5E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 00:008.2N 136.1E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 06:008.3N 135.6E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 12:008.3N 134.9E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 18:008.3N 134.2E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:008.5N 133.3E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:008.7N 132.6E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 12:008.9N 132.0E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 18:009.2N 131.5E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:009.7N 131.2E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:0010.4N 131.0E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 12:0011.1N 130.5E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 18:0011.7N 129.9E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 00:0012.4N 129.4E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 06:0013.1N 129.1E105 kt935 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 12:0013.8N 128.8E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 18:0014.4N 128.7E115 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 00:0015.2N 128.8E115 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 06:0016.0N 129.0E115 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 12:0016.9N 129.4E115 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 18:0017.9N 130.0E110 kt935 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 00:0018.8N 130.7E105 kt935 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 06:0019.8N 131.5E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 12:0021.0N 132.4E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 18:0022.1N 133.3E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 00:0023.1N 134.3E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 06:0024.0N 135.3E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 12:0025.0N 136.3E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 18:0026.7N 138.0E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 00:0028.3N 139.8E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 06:0030.4N 141.2E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 12:0032.5N 143.2E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 18:0033.9N 145.7E40 kt990 mbMixed
Apr 15, 00:0036.0N 148.0E45 kt990 mbMixed
Apr 15, 06:0038.0N 152.5E40 kt992 mbMixed
Apr 15, 12:0040.0N 157.0E35 kt992 mbMixed
Apr 15, 18:0041.0N 162.5E35 kt994 mbMixed
Apr 16, 00:0042.0N 168.0E40 kt996 mbMixed
Apr 16, 06:0044.0N 172.5E35 kt996 mbMixed
Apr 16, 12:0046.0N 177.0E35 kt996 mbMixed
Apr 16, 18:0047.0N 182.0EExtratropical

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.