Typhoon Roger (1982)
Typhoon Roger reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between December 5, 1982 and December 11, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Typhoon Roger. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.























Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 5, 1982 to December 11, 1982
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.1
- Identifier
- WP281982
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 6.8N 139.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 6.8N 139.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 6.9N 139.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 6.9N 139.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 7.0N 138.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 7.2N 136.7E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 7.5N 135.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 8.2N 134.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 9.0N 132.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 10.1N 130.8E | 25 kt | Mixed | |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 10.8N 129.1E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 11.5N 127.2E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 12.4N 125.5E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 13.2N 124.2E | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 13.8N 123.3E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 14.5N 122.4E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 15.0N 122.0E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 15.8N 121.8E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 16.5N 122.2E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 17.3N 122.5E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 18.0N 122.5E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 06:00 | 18.5N 122.5E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 12:00 | 19.2N 122.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 19.9N 122.3E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 20.7N 122.3E | 1010 mb | Mixed | |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 21.1N 123.0E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 22.0N 125.0E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 22.0N 127.0E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1982
- Tropical Storm MamieWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon NelsonWestern Pacific · 1982 · 56 deaths
- Typhoon OdessaWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm Tess:ValWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm SkipWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm WinonaWestern Pacific · 1982
- Super Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon AndyWestern Pacific · 1982 · 13 deaths
- Typhoon CecilWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon EllisWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon GordonWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm HopeWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon IrvingWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm LolaWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon KenWestern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982
- Super Typhoon MacWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon NancyWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon OwenWestern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 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.