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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 3.0N 178.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 3.2N 177.6E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 3.5N 176.9E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 3.8N 176.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 4.4N 175.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 5.2N 173.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 6.0N 172.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 6.8N 170.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 7.4N 169.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 7.5N 168.7E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 8.0N 168.0E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 8.6N 166.9E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 8.9N 166.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 9.2N 165.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 9.7N 164.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 10.1N 163.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 10.6N 162.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 11.0N 161.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 11.4N 160.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 11.5N 159.3E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 11.5N 158.3E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 11.6N 156.8E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 11.5N 155.1E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 11.3N 153.9E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 10.8N 152.8E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 10.3N 151.6E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 10.1N 150.2E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 10.2N 149.2E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 10.5N 148.4E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 10.9N 147.3E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 11.4N 146.2E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 11.7N 144.8E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 11.7N 143.5E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 11.8N 142.2E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 12.2N 140.8E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 12.5N 139.6E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 13.1N 138.9E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 13.6N 138.3E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 13.9N 137.8E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 13.8N 137.5E | 85 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 13.7N 137.3E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 13.2N 136.9E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 12.7N 136.4E | 85 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 11.9N 135.6E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 11.2N 134.5E | 80 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 10.5N 133.2E | 75 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 10.0N 131.8E | 70 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 10.0N 130.1E | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 10.0N 128.3E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 10.0N 126.7E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 10.2N 125.1E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 10.4N 123.3E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 10.4N 121.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 11.1N 119.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 12.4N 117.4E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 13.8N 116.2E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 14.8N 115.1E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 15.5N 115.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 16.5N 115.0E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 17.5N 115.0E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 18.5N 115.0E | 1014 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon KenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Super Typhoon LolaWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm MacWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon NancyWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm OwenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Super Typhoon PeggyWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon RogerWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm SarahWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon TipWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon VeraWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon WayneWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon AbbyWestern Pacific · 1986 · 13 deaths
- Typhoon BenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm DomWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon EllenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon ForrestWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm HerbertWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm IdaWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon JoeWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Super Typhoon KimWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm LexWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 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.