The 1989 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1989)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between August 16, 1989 and August 20, 1989, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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 16, 1989 to August 20, 1989
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP191989

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 16, 00:0029.3N 126.3E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0029.8N 126.1E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0030.1N 125.6E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0029.9N 124.8E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0029.3N 124.2E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0028.7N 123.8E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0028.1N 123.7E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0027.6N 123.5E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0027.3N 123.2E30 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0027.2N 122.8E30 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0027.2N 122.5E30 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0027.1N 122.2E30 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0027.0N 121.8E30 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0026.9N 121.1E30 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0026.8N 120.4E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0026.7N 119.6E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0026.8N 120.0EDisturbance
Aug 20, 06:0026.8N 119.5EDisturbance

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.