The 1988 season

Typhoon Doyle (1988)

Typhoon Doyle reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 13, 1988 and August 25, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Doyle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1988 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 13, 1988 to August 25, 1988
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1932 km (1200 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.1
Identifier
WP101988

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 13, 00:0022.0N 173.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0022.4N 173.4E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0021.6N 171.9E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0020.5N 171.2E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0019.6N 170.8E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0018.7N 170.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0018.4N 171.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0019.2N 170.9E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0019.5N 170.0E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0019.9N 169.1E35 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0020.0N 168.1E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0020.1N 167.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0020.3N 166.2E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0020.6N 165.5E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0021.0N 164.8E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0021.6N 164.4E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0022.4N 164.3E115 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0023.1N 164.2E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0023.9N 164.3E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0025.1N 164.7E100 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0026.1N 165.3E95 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0027.0N 165.9E90 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0028.0N 166.7E85 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0028.9N 167.6E80 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0029.6N 168.5E75 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0030.2N 169.3E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0030.7N 170.2E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0031.1N 170.9E65 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0031.6N 171.5E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0032.0N 172.1E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0032.5N 173.0E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0033.5N 173.4E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0034.3N 173.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0034.9N 173.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0035.6N 173.4E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0036.2N 173.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0036.8N 173.6E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0037.3N 174.0E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0037.5N 174.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0037.5N 174.9E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0037.3N 175.3E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0037.1N 175.6E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0037.0N 176.0E1016 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0037.4N 176.2E1016 mbMixed
Aug 24, 00:0038.0N 176.0E1018 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0038.0N 176.0E1018 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0037.5N 176.5E1018 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0037.5N 176.5E1018 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0038.0N 177.0E1016 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 06:0038.0N 178.0E1016 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 12:0038.0N 178.0E1016 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1988

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.