Tropical Storm Tip (1989)
Tropical Storm Tip peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between September 7, 1989 and September 15, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Tip, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 7, 1989 to September 15, 1989
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 719 km (447 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.9
- Identifier
- WP231989
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 17.0N 148.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 17.0N 148.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 17.5N 147.5E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 18.0N 148.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 18.5N 149.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 17.9N 150.1E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 18.0N 151.8E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 18.9N 152.7E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 20.3N 153.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 22.1N 154.9E | 30 kt | 994 mb | XX |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 24.5N 155.0E | 30 kt | 992 mb | XX |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 26.7N 154.0E | 30 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 28.2N 152.3E | 35 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 28.9N 151.0E | 35 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 29.3N 150.2E | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 29.8N 150.0E | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 30.4N 150.4E | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 31.6N 151.0E | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 33.0N 151.1E | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 34.0N 151.1E | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 35.0N 151.8E | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 35.6N 152.7E | 40 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 36.0N 154.5E | 45 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 36.6N 156.6E | 45 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 36.6N 159.0E | 50 kt | 992 mb | XX |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 36.5N 161.1E | 50 kt | 992 mb | XX |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 36.6N 163.1E | 45 kt | 994 mb | XX |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 36.6N 165.1E | 45 kt | 994 mb | XX |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 36.8N 167.0E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 36.2N 169.5E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 37.5N 172.1E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 42.0N 176.0E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 47.0N 178.0E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 50.0N 178.0E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 52.0N 180.0E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 54.0N 180.2E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Super Typhoon AndyWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon BrendaWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon CecilWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm EllisWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm FayeWestern Pacific · 1989
- Super Typhoon GordonWestern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm HopeWestern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm IrvingWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm Ken:LolaWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon MacWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon OwenWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon NancyWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm PeggyWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm RogerWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon SarahWestern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm VeraWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon WayneWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon ColleenWestern Pacific · 1989
- Super Typhoon AngelaWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon BrianWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon DanWestern Pacific · 1989
- Super Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon ForrestWestern Pacific · 1989
- Super Typhoon GayWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon HuntWestern Pacific · 1989
- Super Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1989
- Typhoon JackWestern Pacific · 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.