The 1982 season

Typhoon Dot (1982)

Typhoon Dot reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 8, 1982 and August 18, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Dot, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1982 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 8, 1982 to August 18, 1982
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.2
Identifier
WP131982

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 8, 00:007.7N 153.9E20 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 8, 06:008.1N 152.4E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Aug 8, 12:008.7N 151.4E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Aug 8, 18:009.7N 149.6E30 kt1004 mbMixed
Aug 9, 00:0010.4N 148.8E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0010.9N 147.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0010.8N 144.5E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0011.6N 142.5E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0012.0N 140.9E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0012.2N 139.4E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0012.6N 138.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0013.0N 136.4E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0013.3N 135.4E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0013.8N 134.4E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0014.4N 133.4E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0015.1N 132.6E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0015.8N 131.7E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0016.7N 130.8E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0017.4N 129.9E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0018.3N 128.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0019.2N 127.7E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0020.1N 126.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0020.6N 125.8E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0021.0N 124.8E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0021.2N 124.0E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0021.6N 123.2E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0021.9N 122.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0022.2N 121.4E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0023.4N 119.5E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0023.9N 118.5E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0024.5N 117.9E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0025.2N 117.1E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0023.5N 115.5E1000 mbMixed
Aug 16, 06:0024.2N 114.2E1000 mbMixed
Aug 16, 12:0025.0N 115.0E1002 mbMixed
Aug 16, 18:0025.0N 115.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0026.0N 114.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 06:0027.0N 114.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 12:0027.0N 113.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 18:0027.0N 113.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 00:0027.0N 113.0E1004 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1982

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.