Typhoon Virginia (1978)
Typhoon Virginia reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 22, 1978 and August 4, 1978, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Virginia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1978 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 22, 1978 to August 4, 1978
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 101 km (63 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.0
- Identifier
- WP071978
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 22, 00:00 | 13.7N 152.0E | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 14.1N 151.7E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 14.6N 151.4E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 15.0N 151.2E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 15.5N 151.1E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 15.8N 151.0E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 16.1N 151.0E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 16.3N 151.0E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 16.6N 151.0E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 17.2N 151.0E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 17.8N 151.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 18.3N 150.9E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 18.9N 150.5E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 19.5N 150.1E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 20.1N 149.7E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 20.5N 149.3E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 20.9N 148.9E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 21.3N 148.4E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 21.7N 147.8E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 21.8N 147.3E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 21.7N 147.0E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 21.5N 147.0E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 21.4N 147.2E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 21.3N 147.5E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 21.3N 147.7E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 21.3N 147.5E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 21.6N 147.3E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 22.1N 147.2E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 22.7N 147.1E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 23.3N 146.8E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 23.9N 146.3E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 24.6N 145.6E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 25.4N 145.0E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 26.4N 144.4E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 27.4N 143.8E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 28.4N 143.1E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 29.5N 142.5E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 30.6N 142.2E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 31.7N 141.9E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 32.6N 141.5E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 00:00 | 33.6N 141.2E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 34.8N 141.5E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 12:00 | 36.2N 142.5E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 18:00 | 37.7N 143.6E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 00:00 | 39.1N 144.9E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 40.1N 146.7E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 40.7N 149.0E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 41.8N 151.0E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 43.3N 150.6E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 44.4N 152.6E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 45.5N 155.3E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 46.0N 158.5E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 46.0N 162.0E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 47.0N 169.0E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 48.0N 176.2E | 994 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1978
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon OliveWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm PollyWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm RoseWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon TrixWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon WendyWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm AgnesWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm Bess:BonnieWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Depression BessWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm DellaWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon ElaineWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm GloriaWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm HesterWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Depression IrmaWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm KitWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon LolaWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon MamieWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm NinaWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon OraWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon PhyllisWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm TessWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
- Typhoon ViolaWestern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm WinnieWestern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1978
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.