The 1991 season

Typhoon Brendan (1991)

Typhoon Brendan reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 15, 1991 and July 25, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Brendan, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1991 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
July 15, 1991 to July 25, 1991
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.8
Identifier
WP081991

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
Jul 15, 00:006.2N 152.8E10 ktNot reported
Jul 15, 06:006.0N 152.0E10 ktNot reported
Jul 15, 12:005.9N 151.2E10 ktNot reported
Jul 15, 18:005.8N 150.4E10 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 00:005.8N 149.5E10 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 06:005.9N 148.6E15 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 12:006.1N 147.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 18:006.5N 146.2E15 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 00:007.1N 144.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 06:007.6N 143.4E15 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 12:008.2N 141.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 18:008.7N 140.3E15 ktNot reported
Jul 18, 00:009.1N 138.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 18, 06:009.6N 137.4E15 ktNot reported
Jul 18, 12:0010.0N 136.1E20 ktNot reported
Jul 18, 18:0010.4N 134.8E20 ktNot reported
Jul 19, 00:0010.9N 133.5E20 ktNot reported
Jul 19, 06:0011.4N 132.3E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0011.8N 131.1E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0012.3N 130.0E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0012.9N 128.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0013.4N 127.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0013.9N 127.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0014.2N 126.4E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0014.6N 125.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0015.1N 125.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0015.6N 124.3E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0016.1N 123.6E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0016.7N 122.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0017.6N 122.0E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0018.6N 121.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0019.4N 119.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0020.1N 118.4E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0020.6N 116.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0021.1N 115.2E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0021.6N 114.2E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0022.0N 113.2E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0022.3N 112.2E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0022.6N 111.4E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0023.0N 110.6E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0023.3N 109.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0023.4N 109.1E20 kt1000 mbMixed
Jul 25, 12:0022.6N 103.7EDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 1991

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.