Typhoon Betty (1980)
Typhoon Betty reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 22, 1980 and November 8, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb, and made landfall. It killed 101 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Betty, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1980 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
- October 22, 1980 to November 8, 1980
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 925 mb (27.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 25.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Identifier
- WP251980
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
101 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 4.9N 164.9E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 4.8N 164.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 4.8N 164.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 4.8N 163.3E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 4.8N 162.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 4.9N 161.6E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 5.1N 160.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 5.1N 160.3E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 5.2N 159.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 5.5N 158.9E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 5.7N 158.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 5.7N 157.6E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 5.5N 157.3E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 5.0N 156.7E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 4.5N 156.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 4.2N 155.6E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 4.1N 155.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 4.1N 154.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 4.2N 153.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 4.6N 152.9E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 4.9N 152.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 4.4N 152.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 4.0N 152.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 4.6N 152.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 5.8N 153.4E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 6.6N 153.6E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 7.1N 151.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 7.3N 152.7E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 7.8N 153.8E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 8.9N 154.2E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 9.9N 153.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 10.4N 152.1E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 10.9N 150.6E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 11.7N 149.1E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 12.2N 147.2E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 12.9N 145.1E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 13.2N 143.1E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 13.6N 141.1E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 13.8N 139.4E | 85 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 14.0N 137.8E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 14.0N 136.2E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 06:00 | 14.2N 134.6E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 12:00 | 14.4N 133.1E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 18:00 | 14.7N 132.0E | 95 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 00:00 | 14.8N 131.2E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 06:00 | 14.9N 130.2E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 12:00 | 15.0N 129.3E | 105 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 18:00 | 14.7N 128.6E | 105 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 00:00 | 14.2N 128.1E | 110 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 06:00 | 14.2N 127.3E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 12:00 | 14.4N 126.7E | 115 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 14.6N 125.8E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 14.8N 124.8E | 120 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 15.2N 123.7E | 125 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 15.8N 122.8E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 16.0N 121.6E | 105 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 16.3N 120.8E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 17.3N 120.7E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 18.3N 120.5E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 19.2N 120.6E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 19.9N 120.8E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 20.6N 121.2E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 21.5N 122.2E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 22.4N 123.3E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 23.5N 124.7E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 24.4N 126.5E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 25.6N 128.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 26.9N 131.6E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 27.9N 135.9E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 28.3N 140.0E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 28.5N 144.0E | 1012 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm CarmenWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon DomWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon EllenWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm ForrestWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm HerbertWestern Pacific · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm IdaWestern Pacific · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon JoeWestern Pacific · 1980
- Super Typhoon KimWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon LexWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon NorrisWestern Pacific · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon OrchidWestern Pacific · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon RuthWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon SperryWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon PercyWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1980
- Typhoon VernonWestern Pacific · 1980
- Super Typhoon WynneWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm AlexWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm CaryWestern Pacific · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm EdWestern Pacific · 1980
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.