The 1980 season

Typhoon Norris (1980)

Typhoon Norris reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between August 23, 1980 and August 31, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Norris. 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
August 23, 1980 to August 31, 1980
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
945 mb (27.91 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.2
Identifier
WP151980

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
Aug 23, 00:0015.2N 143.6E20 ktMixed
Aug 23, 06:0015.8N 142.2E20 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 23, 12:0016.1N 140.7E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0016.4N 139.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0016.8N 138.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0017.2N 137.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0017.5N 136.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0017.9N 135.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0018.2N 134.8E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0018.7N 133.5E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0019.3N 132.1E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0019.8N 131.0E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0020.2N 129.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0020.7N 128.6E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0021.5N 127.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0022.3N 126.2E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0023.1N 124.9E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0023.5N 123.9E85 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0024.3N 122.8E90 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0024.5N 121.4E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0025.0N 120.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0025.8N 120.0E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0026.1N 118.7E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0026.6N 117.4E20 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0027.6N 116.6E15 kt1002 mbMixed
Aug 29, 06:0028.8N 117.3E1002 mbMixed
Aug 29, 12:0029.6N 117.9E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 18:0030.7N 119.3E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 00:0033.0N 122.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 06:0034.0N 125.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 12:0034.0N 128.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 18:0035.0N 132.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 00:0034.5N 133.5E1004 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.