The 1989 season

Typhoon Dot (1989)

Typhoon Dot reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between June 2, 1989 and June 12, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Dot, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1989 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 2, 1989 to June 12, 1989
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.3
Fastest the center moved
18 kt (21 mph)
Identifier
WP051989

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 2, 06:003.9N 144.4E20 ktTropical storm
Jun 2, 12:004.7N 143.7E20 ktTropical storm
Jun 2, 18:005.3N 142.7E20 ktTropical storm
Jun 3, 00:005.9N 141.6E20 ktTropical storm
Jun 3, 06:006.5N 140.6E20 ktTropical storm
Jun 3, 12:007.1N 139.4E20 ktTropical storm
Jun 3, 18:007.6N 138.1E20 ktTropical storm
Jun 4, 00:008.1N 136.5E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Jun 4, 06:008.4N 134.8E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Jun 4, 12:008.7N 133.1E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Jun 4, 18:009.3N 131.9E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Jun 5, 00:009.8N 130.7E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 06:0010.2N 129.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 12:0010.5N 127.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 18:0011.0N 126.7E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 00:0011.4N 125.7E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 06:0011.8N 124.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 12:0012.2N 123.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 18:0012.6N 121.5E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 00:0013.1N 120.1E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 06:0013.6N 119.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 12:0014.3N 118.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 18:0014.9N 117.6E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 00:0015.3N 116.7E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 06:0015.7N 115.9E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 12:0016.1N 115.1E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 18:0016.4N 114.4E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 00:0016.6N 113.6E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 06:0016.9N 112.8E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 12:0017.2N 111.9E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 18:0017.6N 111.1E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 00:0018.1N 110.2E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 06:0018.6N 109.2E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 12:0019.0N 108.2E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 18:0019.4N 107.3E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 00:0020.2N 106.5E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 06:0021.1N 105.8E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 12:0022.0N 105.0E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 18:0021.3N 105.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 12, 00:0021.5N 105.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 12, 06:0022.0N 104.5E1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 12, 12:0022.5N 104.0E1000 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1989

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.