The 1984 season

Typhoon Ed (1984)

Typhoon Ed reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between July 24, 1984 and August 3, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Ed, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1984 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 24, 1984 to August 3, 1984
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.2
Identifier
WP071984

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 24, 18:0028.8N 135.0E998 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0028.9N 134.9E998 mbMixed
Jul 25, 06:0028.0N 135.1E25 kt996 mbMixed
Jul 25, 12:0027.0N 135.6E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0026.2N 136.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0025.9N 137.5E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 06:0025.6N 138.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0025.7N 140.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0026.4N 140.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0027.0N 140.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0027.7N 140.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0028.3N 139.6E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0028.7N 138.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0029.0N 137.8E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0029.3N 136.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0029.6N 135.5E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0029.8N 134.2E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0029.8N 132.8E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0029.8N 131.8E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0029.8N 130.8E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0030.2N 129.6E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0030.5N 128.3E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0031.1N 126.8E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0031.3N 125.1E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0031.6N 123.8E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0031.8N 122.6E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0032.2N 121.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0032.4N 121.1E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0032.8N 120.7E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0033.3N 120.5E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0033.7N 120.3E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0034.0N 120.1E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0034.3N 119.8E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:0034.7N 119.6E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0035.0N 119.4E25 kt998 mbMixed
Aug 2, 12:0036.0N 119.3E1000 mbMixed
Aug 2, 18:0037.2N 118.9E1000 mbMixed
Aug 3, 00:0038.3N 119.3E1000 mbMixed

Other Western Pacific storms of 1984

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.