The 1982 season

Typhoon Odessa (1982)

Typhoon Odessa reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between March 28, 1982 and April 4, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Odessa. 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
March 28, 1982 to April 4, 1982
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 917 km (570 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.7
Identifier
WP031982

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
Mar 28, 06:003.5N 156.6E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 28, 12:004.3N 156.1E25 ktTropical storm
Mar 28, 18:005.1N 155.9E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 00:006.0N 155.8E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 06:006.8N 155.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 12:007.2N 156.4E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 18:007.6N 157.0E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 00:008.1N 158.0E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 06:008.5N 159.0E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 12:008.7N 160.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 18:008.7N 161.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 00:008.8N 162.2E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 06:008.9N 163.3E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 12:009.3N 164.0E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 18:0010.0N 164.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 00:0010.3N 163.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0010.4N 162.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0010.6N 162.5E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:0010.7N 162.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 00:0011.0N 161.5E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 06:0011.5N 160.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 12:0012.1N 160.3E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 18:0012.8N 159.9E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 00:0013.3N 159.7E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 06:0014.0N 160.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 12:0013.2N 158.9E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 18:0013.0N 157.3E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:0013.1N 155.9E40 kt1006 mbMixed
Apr 4, 06:0013.1N 154.6E30 kt1006 mbMixed

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.