The 1986 season

Typhoon Nancy (1986)

Typhoon Nancy reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between June 18, 1986 and June 27, 1986, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nancy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1986 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
June 18, 1986 to June 27, 1986
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.1
Identifier
WP051986

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
Jun 18, 00:006.9N 152.0ETropical storm
Jun 18, 06:006.4N 150.6ETropical storm
Jun 18, 12:006.0N 148.9ETropical storm
Jun 18, 18:005.9N 146.9ETropical storm
Jun 19, 00:006.0N 145.0ETropical storm
Jun 19, 06:006.4N 143.6ETropical storm
Jun 19, 12:006.9N 142.5ETropical storm
Jun 19, 18:007.4N 141.3ETropical storm
Jun 20, 00:008.0N 140.0ETropical storm
Jun 20, 06:008.6N 138.2ETropical storm
Jun 20, 12:009.2N 136.3ETropical storm
Jun 20, 18:0010.0N 134.4E1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 00:0010.7N 133.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 06:0011.9N 131.8E1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 12:0013.0N 130.5E1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:0014.2N 129.1E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:0015.5N 127.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0016.6N 126.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0017.8N 125.3E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0018.9N 124.1E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0020.0N 123.0E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0021.3N 122.2E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0022.5N 121.8E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0023.7N 121.7E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 00:0025.6N 121.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0028.1N 121.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0029.8N 123.7E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0032.1N 127.5E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0034.5N 129.6E45 kt998 mbMixed
Jun 25, 06:0036.3N 132.5E30 kt998 mbMixed
Jun 25, 12:0037.6N 136.3E998 mbMixed
Jun 25, 18:0037.7N 141.8EExtratropical
Jun 26, 00:0038.0N 144.5EExtratropical
Jun 26, 06:0038.8N 146.9EExtratropical
Jun 26, 12:0039.0N 149.2EExtratropical
Jun 26, 18:0039.0N 150.6EExtratropical
Jun 27, 00:0039.0N 152.0EExtratropical
Jun 27, 06:0039.0N 152.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1986

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.