The 1983 season

Typhoon Tip (1983)

Typhoon Tip reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 7, 1983 and July 14, 1983, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Tip, 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
July 7, 1983 to July 14, 1983
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.1
Identifier
WP021983

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
Jul 7, 00:006.0N 136.0EDisturbance
Jul 7, 06:006.2N 136.0EDisturbance
Jul 7, 12:006.4N 136.0EDisturbance
Jul 7, 18:006.7N 135.7EDisturbance
Jul 8, 00:007.0N 135.0EDisturbance
Jul 8, 06:007.4N 133.9EDisturbance
Jul 8, 12:008.1N 132.6EDisturbance
Jul 8, 18:009.3N 131.1EDisturbance
Jul 9, 00:0010.7N 129.2EMixed
Jul 9, 06:0011.6N 127.7EMixed
Jul 9, 12:0011.4N 127.4E25 ktTropical storm
Jul 9, 18:0012.4N 125.3E25 ktTropical storm
Jul 10, 00:0012.8N 123.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 06:0013.3N 121.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 12:0013.6N 120.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 18:0013.8N 118.9E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 00:0014.4N 117.7E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 06:0015.1N 116.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 12:0015.6N 115.8E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 18:0016.2N 114.9E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 00:0016.8N 113.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 06:0017.3N 113.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 12:0017.9N 112.6E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 18:0018.6N 112.0E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 00:0019.4N 111.5E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 06:0020.2N 111.2E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 12:0020.8N 110.7E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 18:0021.3N 110.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 00:0021.8N 109.8E1002 mbMixed
Jul 14, 06:0023.0N 110.0E1002 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.