The 1989 season

Tropical Storm Roger (1989)

Tropical Storm Roger peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between August 22, 1989 and September 1, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Roger, 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
August 22, 1989 to September 1, 1989
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.4
Identifier
WP201989

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 22, 18:0026.3N 121.6E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0026.1N 121.9E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0025.9N 122.1E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0025.7N 122.5E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0025.6N 122.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0025.4N 123.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0025.4N 123.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0025.3N 124.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0025.3N 124.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0025.1N 124.7E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0024.8N 125.6E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0024.5N 126.8E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0024.4N 128.0E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0026.1N 130.0E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0028.2N 131.2E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0030.2N 131.9E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0031.7N 133.0E45 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0033.3N 134.1E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0035.2N 135.7E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0037.0N 137.3E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0039.2N 139.3E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0041.6N 140.9E40 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0043.2N 141.8E40 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0044.8N 143.0E40 kt982 mbMixed
Aug 28, 18:0046.7N 145.7E982 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 00:0047.7N 147.0E980 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 06:0048.8N 148.5E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 12:0049.5N 150.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 18:0049.7N 151.5E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 00:0049.5N 153.0E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 06:0049.3N 155.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 12:0049.0N 157.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 18:0048.5N 160.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 00:0048.0N 163.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 06:0047.5N 166.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 12:0047.0N 169.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 18:0046.5N 170.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Sep 1, 00:0045.5N 172.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Sep 1, 06:0044.0N 175.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Sep 1, 12:0043.0N 179.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Sep 1, 18:0041.5N 182.5EExtratropical

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.