The 1986 season

Typhoon Norris (1986)

Typhoon Norris reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between December 19, 1986 and January 3, 1987, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Norris, 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
December 19, 1986 to January 3, 1987
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.0
Identifier
WP281986

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
Dec 19, 00:003.0N 178.1EDisturbance
Dec 19, 06:003.2N 177.6EDisturbance
Dec 19, 12:003.5N 176.9EDisturbance
Dec 19, 18:003.8N 176.1EDisturbance
Dec 20, 00:004.4N 175.0ETropical storm
Dec 20, 06:005.2N 173.6ETropical storm
Dec 20, 12:006.0N 172.1ETropical storm
Dec 20, 18:006.8N 170.6ETropical storm
Dec 21, 00:007.4N 169.4ETropical storm
Dec 21, 06:007.5N 168.7E1002 mbMixed
Dec 21, 12:008.0N 168.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 18:008.6N 166.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 00:008.9N 166.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 06:009.2N 165.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 12:009.7N 164.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 18:0010.1N 163.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 00:0010.6N 162.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 06:0011.0N 161.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 12:0011.4N 160.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 18:0011.5N 159.3E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 00:0011.5N 158.3E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 06:0011.6N 156.8E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 12:0011.5N 155.1E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 18:0011.3N 153.9E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 00:0010.8N 152.8E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 06:0010.3N 151.6E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 12:0010.1N 150.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 18:0010.2N 149.2E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 00:0010.5N 148.4E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 06:0010.9N 147.3E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 12:0011.4N 146.2E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 18:0011.7N 144.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 27, 00:0011.7N 143.5E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 27, 06:0011.8N 142.2E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 27, 12:0012.2N 140.8E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 27, 18:0012.5N 139.6E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 00:0013.1N 138.9E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 06:0013.6N 138.3E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 12:0013.9N 137.8E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 18:0013.8N 137.5E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 00:0013.7N 137.3E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 06:0013.2N 136.9E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 12:0012.7N 136.4E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 18:0011.9N 135.6E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 00:0011.2N 134.5E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 06:0010.5N 133.2E75 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 12:0010.0N 131.8E70 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 18:0010.0N 130.1E60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 00:0010.0N 128.3E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 06:0010.0N 126.7E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 12:0010.2N 125.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 18:0010.4N 123.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 00:0010.4N 121.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 06:0011.1N 119.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 12:0012.4N 117.4E35 kt1000 mbMixed
Jan 1, 18:0013.8N 116.2E35 kt1000 mbMixed
Jan 2, 00:0014.8N 115.1E1002 mbMixed
Jan 2, 06:0015.5N 115.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 12:0016.5N 115.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 18:0017.5N 115.0E1010 mbTropical storm
Jan 3, 00:0018.5N 115.0E1014 mbTropical storm

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.