Super Typhoon Bess (1982)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

July 21, 1982 to August 6, 1982

Peak strength

Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)

Lowest pressure

900 mb (26.58 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

35.1

Fastest the center moved

31 kt (36 mph)

Identifier

WP111982

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.

• Tropical Storm MamieWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
• Typhoon NelsonWestern Pacific · 1982 · 56 deathsCat 3105 kt · 935 mb
• Typhoon OdessaWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 175 kt · 965 mb
• Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 3105 kt · 945 mb
• Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 175 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm Tess:ValWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm SkipWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm50 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm WinonaWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon AndyWestern Pacific · 1982 · 13 deathsCat 4120 kt · 930 mb
• Typhoon CecilWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 4125 kt · 920 mb
• Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 180 kt · 970 mb
• Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 290 kt · 960 mb
• Typhoon EllisWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 4125 kt · 915 mb
• Typhoon GordonWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 3100 kt · 945 mb
• Tropical Storm HopeWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm60 kt · 980 mb
• Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 290 kt · 955 mb
• Typhoon IrvingWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 290 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm LolaWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm50 kt · 990 mb
• Typhoon KenWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 3110 kt · 940 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression30 kt
• Super Typhoon MacWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 5140 kt · 895 mb
• Typhoon NancyWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 4115 kt · 935 mb
• Typhoon OwenWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 3105 kt · 940 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression20 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression
• Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 3100 kt · 940 mb
• Typhoon RogerWestern Pacific · 1982Cat 165 kt · 980 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Bess