The 1982 season

Typhoon Ruby (1982)

Typhoon Ruby reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between June 18, 1982 and June 28, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Ruby, 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
June 18, 1982 to June 28, 1982
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.5
Identifier
WP051982

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
Jun 18, 06:009.3N 148.5E15 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 12:009.3N 147.4E15 ktDisturbance
Jun 18, 18:009.3N 146.2E20 ktDisturbance
Jun 19, 00:009.2N 145.1E20 ktDisturbance
Jun 19, 06:009.2N 144.0E20 ktDisturbance
Jun 19, 12:009.1N 142.8E25 ktMixed
Jun 19, 18:009.1N 141.7E25 ktMixed
Jun 20, 00:009.0N 140.7E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Jun 20, 06:009.0N 140.0E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Jun 20, 12:009.0N 139.4E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 18:009.2N 138.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 00:009.6N 139.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 06:009.5N 139.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 12:009.6N 140.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:0010.2N 141.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:0011.3N 142.2E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0012.4N 142.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0013.3N 143.1E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0014.1N 143.2E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0014.8N 143.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0015.7N 143.3E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0016.3N 143.1E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0016.8N 142.4E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 00:0017.5N 142.0E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0018.2N 141.6E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0019.1N 141.2E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0020.2N 140.6E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0021.4N 140.0E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0022.6N 139.4E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 12:0024.0N 139.3E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 18:0025.4N 139.3E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 00:0027.2N 139.8E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 06:0029.5N 140.5E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0032.1N 141.4E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 18:0034.3N 142.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0036.5N 143.4E60 kt980 mbMixed
Jun 27, 06:0038.2N 144.2E980 mbMixed
Jun 27, 12:0039.8N 145.0E982 mbExtratropical
Jun 27, 18:0041.6N 145.5E984 mbExtratropical
Jun 28, 00:0042.9N 145.0E986 mbExtratropical
Jun 28, 06:0043.8N 144.2E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 28, 12:0044.4N 144.0E1000 mbExtratropical

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.