The 1982 season

Typhoon Nancy (1982)

Typhoon Nancy reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 10, 1982 and October 20, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Nancy. 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
October 10, 1982 to October 20, 1982
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
935 mb (27.61 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
15.5
Identifier
WP241982

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
Oct 10, 00:0016.5N 148.3E1006 mbMixed
Oct 10, 06:0016.1N 146.2E15 kt1006 mbMixed
Oct 10, 12:0016.0N 144.5E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0015.8N 142.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0015.9N 141.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 06:0016.2N 139.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 12:0016.2N 138.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 18:0016.0N 137.0E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 00:0015.9N 135.7E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 06:0015.9N 134.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 12:0015.9N 132.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 18:0016.2N 131.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 00:0016.4N 130.5E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 06:0016.7N 129.3E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 12:0017.1N 128.0E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 18:0017.4N 126.6E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 00:0017.7N 125.0E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 06:0017.6N 123.5E115 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 12:0017.3N 122.2E105 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 18:0017.4N 120.9E80 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:0017.5N 119.7E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 06:0017.3N 118.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0017.2N 117.3E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0017.1N 116.2E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0016.9N 114.7E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0016.9N 113.3E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0017.0N 112.0E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0017.2N 111.0E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0017.5N 109.9E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0017.8N 108.7E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0018.3N 107.8E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0018.8N 106.9E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0019.0N 106.0E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0019.0N 105.2E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0019.0N 105.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0019.0N 104.9E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0019.0N 104.5E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0019.0N 104.0E1000 mbMixed
Oct 19, 12:0019.0N 103.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0019.0N 103.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0019.0N 103.0E1008 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.