The 1986 season

Typhoon Tip (1986)

Typhoon Tip reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 9, 1986 and August 28, 1986, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Tip, 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
August 9, 1986 to August 28, 1986
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 19 km (12 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.3
Identifier
WP111986

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 9, 00:0016.8N 163.1EDisturbance
Aug 9, 06:0017.0N 162.2EDisturbance
Aug 9, 12:0017.2N 161.3EDisturbance
Aug 9, 18:0017.3N 160.5EDisturbance
Aug 10, 00:0017.3N 160.0EDisturbance
Aug 10, 06:0017.4N 159.8E1000 mbMixed
Aug 10, 12:0017.5N 159.7E1000 mbMixed
Aug 10, 18:0017.5N 159.4E1000 mbMixed
Aug 11, 00:0017.6N 159.2E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0017.7N 158.9E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0017.9N 158.7E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0018.0N 158.6E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0018.2N 158.4E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0018.3N 158.1E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0018.4N 157.9E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0018.5N 157.7E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0018.4N 157.3E998 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0018.7N 156.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0018.8N 156.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0018.8N 155.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0018.6N 156.1E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0019.0N 156.4E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0019.5N 156.4E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0019.9N 156.4E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0020.5N 156.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0021.3N 156.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0022.7N 155.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0023.7N 154.8E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0024.4N 154.0E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0024.9N 153.5E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0025.2N 153.2E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0025.4N 153.0E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0025.7N 152.9E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0026.2N 153.3E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0026.5N 154.4E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0026.8N 155.4E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0027.0N 156.7E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0027.0N 157.7E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0027.0N 158.7E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0027.0N 159.8E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0027.1N 161.2E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0027.5N 162.5E50 kt975 mbXX
Aug 19, 12:0028.3N 164.4E45 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0029.6N 165.1E40 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0030.8N 165.1E35 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0032.3N 164.7E30 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0033.9N 164.0E30 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0035.6N 163.0E30 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0037.0N 162.0E30 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0038.0N 161.0E30 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0038.0N 160.0E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0037.5N 159.5E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0037.0N 159.0E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0036.0N 158.0E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0036.0N 157.0E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0036.0N 156.0E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0037.0N 154.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0038.0N 152.0E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0040.0N 150.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0040.5N 149.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0041.0N 148.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0041.5N 147.0E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0042.0N 147.5E30 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0043.0N 148.0E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 25, 00:0044.0N 148.0E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 25, 06:0045.0N 149.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 12:0046.0N 151.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 18:0047.0N 153.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 00:0047.0N 156.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 06:0046.0N 158.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 12:0045.0N 160.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 18:0045.0N 163.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 00:0045.0N 166.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 06:0045.0N 169.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 12:0044.0N 173.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 18:0043.0N 176.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 00:0043.0N 180.0E1000 mbExtratropical

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.