Tropical Storm Wilda (1976)
Tropical Storm Wilda peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between July 17, 1976 and July 24, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Wilda, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 17, 1976 to July 24, 1976
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Identifier
- WP111976
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 8.2N 148.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 8.7N 148.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 9.2N 147.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 9.8N 146.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 10.4N 146.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 11.2N 145.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 12.0N 145.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 12.8N 145.4E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 13.6N 145.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 14.2N 145.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 14.7N 144.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 15.1N 144.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 15.5N 144.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 15.8N 143.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 16.1N 143.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 16.4N 142.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 16.8N 141.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 17.1N 140.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 17.5N 140.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 18.1N 139.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 19.0N 138.6E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 20.5N 138.1E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 22.2N 138.3E | 30 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 23.9N 138.3E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 25.6N 137.4E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 27.4N 135.7E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 29.4N 134.1E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 31.8N 132.9E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 33.8N 131.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 34.3N 131.6E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 38.4N 131.1E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 40.5N 130.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1976
- Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm LornaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm NancyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon OlgaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon ThereseWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm VioletWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon AnitaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm ClaraWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression BillieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm DotWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm EllenWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon FranWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon LouiseWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm MargeWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm NoraWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm OpalWestern Pacific · 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.