The 1984 season

Tropical Storm Freda (1984)

Tropical Storm Freda peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between August 1, 1984 and August 19, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Freda, 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
August 1, 1984 to August 19, 1984
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.1
Identifier
WP081984

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 1, 00:0012.0N 143.0EDisturbance
Aug 1, 06:0012.0N 143.1EDisturbance
Aug 1, 12:0012.1N 143.0EDisturbance
Aug 1, 18:0012.1N 142.7EDisturbance
Aug 2, 00:0012.1N 142.1EDisturbance
Aug 2, 06:0012.1N 141.1EDisturbance
Aug 2, 12:0012.1N 139.8EDisturbance
Aug 2, 18:0012.1N 138.6EDisturbance
Aug 3, 00:0012.0N 137.3EDisturbance
Aug 3, 06:0011.9N 136.0EDisturbance
Aug 3, 12:0011.8N 134.7EDisturbance
Aug 3, 18:0011.3N 133.4EDisturbance
Aug 4, 00:0011.3N 132.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0012.2N 131.5E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0013.7N 130.6E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0014.9N 129.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0015.8N 128.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0016.9N 127.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0018.0N 126.8E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0018.9N 126.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0019.7N 125.8E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0020.4N 125.5E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0021.5N 125.1E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0023.0N 124.6E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0024.4N 123.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0025.0N 121.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0026.1N 120.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0027.0N 119.4E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0028.0N 118.5E40 kt992 mbMixed
Aug 8, 06:0029.1N 117.8E30 kt994 mbMixed
Aug 8, 12:0030.0N 117.0E25 kt994 mbMixed
Aug 8, 18:0031.1N 116.4E20 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 9, 00:0032.2N 115.9E20 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 9, 06:0033.5N 115.4E20 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 9, 12:0035.2N 115.1E20 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 9, 18:0036.9N 116.0E20 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 10, 00:0039.2N 117.0E994 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0041.2N 119.5E994 mbMixed
Aug 10, 12:0042.4N 121.9E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 18:0043.5N 124.5E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 00:0044.6N 127.3E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 06:0045.3N 133.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 12:0046.8N 136.5E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 18:0046.9N 141.7E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 00:0046.9N 146.6E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 06:0046.9N 149.9E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 12:0046.9N 153.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 18:0047.8N 156.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 00:0048.0N 159.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 06:0048.0N 161.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 12:0048.0N 163.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 18:0047.0N 164.0E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 14, 00:0046.0N 165.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 14, 06:0045.0N 166.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 14, 12:0044.0N 166.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 14, 18:0043.0N 166.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 15, 00:0041.0N 166.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 15, 06:0039.0N 166.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 15, 12:0038.0N 166.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 15, 18:0037.0N 167.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 00:0037.0N 168.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 06:0037.0N 168.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 12:0037.0N 168.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 18:0037.0N 168.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 00:0037.0N 168.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 06:0037.0N 168.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 12:0038.0N 168.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 18:0040.0N 168.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 00:0040.0N 168.0E1012 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 06:0042.0N 169.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 12:0044.0N 169.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 18:0045.0N 170.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 00:0047.0N 172.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 06:0048.0N 175.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 12:0049.0N 177.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 18:0051.0N 180.0E994 mbExtratropical

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.