The 1983 season

Tropical Storm Dom (1983)

Tropical Storm Dom peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between August 17, 1983 and August 31, 1983, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Dom, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1983 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
August 17, 1983 to August 31, 1983
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 335 km (208 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.7
Identifier
WP081983

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
Aug 17, 06:0015.2N 140.1E20 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 12:0015.4N 139.0E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0015.4N 138.1E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0015.2N 137.2E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0015.0N 136.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0015.2N 135.3E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 18, 18:0015.6N 134.5E30 kt1004 mbMixed
Aug 19, 00:0015.9N 133.8E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0016.1N 133.2E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0016.3N 132.8E45 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0016.5N 132.4E50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0016.9N 132.2E55 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0017.4N 132.5E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0018.0N 133.0E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0018.7N 133.7E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0019.3N 134.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0020.0N 135.6E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0020.7N 136.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0021.4N 137.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0022.2N 137.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0023.2N 138.7E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0023.8N 140.1E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0024.2N 141.6E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0024.9N 142.6E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0025.4N 143.1E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0025.8N 143.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0025.5N 144.0E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0025.1N 144.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0025.3N 144.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0025.8N 144.7E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0026.2N 144.1E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0026.5N 143.4E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0027.1N 142.8E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0027.9N 141.8E40 kt1000 mbMixed
Aug 25, 18:0029.1N 141.3E35 kt1004 mbMixed
Aug 26, 00:0030.0N 141.2E30 kt1004 mbMixed
Aug 26, 06:0031.2N 141.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0032.0N 141.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0032.5N 142.1E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0032.5N 143.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0032.2N 144.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0031.7N 145.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0031.1N 146.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0030.5N 147.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0030.0N 148.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0029.0N 149.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0028.0N 150.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0028.0N 152.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 06:0028.0N 154.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 12:0028.0N 156.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 18:0028.0N 158.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 00:0029.0N 160.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 06:0029.0N 162.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 12:0029.0N 165.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 18:0030.0N 168.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 00:0032.0N 172.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 06:0034.0N 176.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 12:0037.0N 180.0E1004 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1983

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.