Typhoon Lex (1983)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

October 14, 1983 to October 27, 1983

Peak strength

Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)

Lowest pressure

985 mb (29.09 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

5.4

Identifier

WP171983

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.

• Tropical Storm SarahWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm35 kt · 998 mb
• Typhoon VeraWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 290 kt · 965 mb
• Typhoon TipWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 165 kt · 975 mb
• Super Typhoon WayneWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 4135 kt · 920 mb
• Super Typhoon AbbyWestern Pacific · 1983 · 7 deathsCat 5145 kt · 895 mb
• Tropical Storm CarmenWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm45 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm BenWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm DomWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm55 kt · 996 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Depression30 kt
• Super Typhoon ForrestWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 5150 kt · 885 mb
• Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm55 kt · 980 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm HerbertWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm50 kt · 994 mb
• Typhoon JoeWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 165 kt · 975 mb
• Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 165 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm KimWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm40 kt · 994 mb
• Super Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 5145 kt · 895 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm NorrisWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm50 kt · 994 mb
• Typhoon OrchidWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 4125 kt · 930 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Depression25 kt
• Typhoon PercyWestern Pacific · 1983Cat 170 kt · 970 mb
• Tropical Storm RuthWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm60 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm SperryWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm55 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm55 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983Tropical Depression

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.

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.