The 1982 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1982)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 20 kt in the Western Pacific between October 13, 1982 and October 19, 1982.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
October 13, 1982 to October 19, 1982
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 20 kt (23 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1106 km (687 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP251982

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 13, 00:0016.8N 145.1EDisturbance
Oct 13, 06:0016.8N 145.0EDisturbance
Oct 13, 12:0016.9N 144.8EDisturbance
Oct 13, 18:0017.0N 144.5EDisturbance
Oct 14, 00:0017.1N 143.7EDisturbance
Oct 14, 06:0017.6N 142.3EDisturbance
Oct 14, 12:0017.9N 140.8EDisturbance
Oct 14, 18:0018.1N 139.6EDisturbance
Oct 15, 00:0018.4N 138.6ETropical storm
Oct 15, 06:0018.3N 137.8E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0018.9N 136.9E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0019.8N 136.1E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0020.5N 135.4E15 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0021.0N 135.0E15 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0020.9N 135.7ETropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0021.4N 136.1ETropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0021.6N 135.8ETropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0021.5N 135.3ETropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0021.4N 135.0ETropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0021.2N 134.6ETropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0020.9N 134.3ETropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0021.1N 134.3ETropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0021.3N 134.2ETropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0021.4N 134.2ETropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0021.6N 134.2ETropical 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.