The 1982 season

Typhoon Irving (1982)

Typhoon Irving reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 4, 1982 and September 16, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Irving, 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
September 4, 1982 to September 16, 1982
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.2
Fastest the center moved
12 kt (14 mph)
Identifier
WP181982

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
Sep 4, 18:0013.8N 133.3E25 ktDisturbance
Sep 5, 00:0012.9N 132.8E25 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 06:0013.2N 132.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 12:0013.7N 131.4E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0014.1N 130.7E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0014.2N 129.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0013.7N 128.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0013.2N 128.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0013.2N 127.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0012.9N 127.1E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0012.9N 126.5E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0012.9N 126.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0013.0N 125.7E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0013.0N 125.2E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0013.1N 124.4E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0013.2N 123.8E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0013.2N 123.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0013.6N 122.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0013.8N 121.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0014.2N 120.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0014.5N 120.1E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0014.9N 119.2E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0015.1N 118.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0015.2N 117.5E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0015.2N 116.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0015.3N 115.9E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0015.5N 115.4E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0015.8N 114.9E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0016.2N 114.5E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0016.4N 114.3E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0016.7N 114.0E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0017.0N 113.8E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 18:0017.4N 113.4E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 00:0017.7N 113.2E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 06:0018.0N 113.1E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 12:0018.3N 112.8E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 18:0018.7N 112.5E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 00:0019.0N 112.2E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 06:0019.4N 111.9E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 12:0019.9N 111.5E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 18:0020.1N 111.1E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 00:0020.4N 110.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0020.9N 109.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0021.3N 108.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0021.7N 107.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0021.8N 107.0E45 kt990 mbMixed
Sep 16, 06:0022.2N 106.8E1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0023.0N 107.0E1008 mbTropical storm

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.