The 1982 season

Typhoon Judy (1982)

Typhoon Judy reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 4, 1982 and September 16, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Judy. 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
September 4, 1982 to September 16, 1982
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.6
Fastest the center moved
50 kt (58 mph)
Identifier
WP191982

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, 00:0011.4N 147.1EMixed
Sep 4, 06:0011.4N 147.3EMixed
Sep 4, 12:0011.5N 147.8EMixed
Sep 4, 18:0011.8N 147.8EMixed
Sep 5, 00:0012.1N 147.3E20 ktMixed
Sep 5, 06:0012.6N 146.2E25 ktMixed
Sep 5, 12:0012.6N 145.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0012.6N 144.1E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0012.9N 143.5E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0013.2N 143.1E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0013.6N 142.7E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0014.0N 142.2E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0014.5N 141.5E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0015.0N 140.6E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0015.8N 139.7E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0016.7N 138.8E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0017.3N 137.9E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0018.2N 137.0E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0019.3N 136.2E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0020.4N 135.5E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0021.4N 134.7E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0022.4N 133.9E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0023.3N 133.6E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0024.2N 133.7E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0024.8N 133.8E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0025.4N 134.1E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0025.9N 134.4E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0026.5N 134.8E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0027.1N 135.3E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0027.8N 135.9E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0028.7N 136.5E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0029.8N 136.8E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0031.4N 137.0E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0033.6N 137.3E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0036.2N 137.4E55 kt980 mbMixed
Sep 12, 18:0039.5N 139.5E40 kt984 mbMixed
Sep 13, 00:0041.9N 142.1E986 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 06:0044.7N 144.1E986 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 12:0047.0N 146.0E986 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 18:0048.7N 148.1E986 mbExtratropical
Sep 14, 00:0049.9N 150.3E986 mbExtratropical
Sep 14, 06:0050.7N 152.7E984 mbExtratropical
Sep 14, 12:0050.9N 155.0E980 mbExtratropical
Sep 14, 18:0050.0N 158.7E984 mbExtratropical
Sep 15, 00:0049.1N 162.0E990 mbExtratropical
Sep 15, 06:0048.1N 166.4E994 mbExtratropical
Sep 15, 12:0045.9N 171.8E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 15, 18:0046.0N 178.0E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 00:0046.6N 185.0EExtratropical
Sep 16, 06:0047.2N 187.8EExtratropical
Sep 16, 12:0047.8N 190.7EExtratropical

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.