The 1991 season

Typhoon Kinna (1991)

Typhoon Kinna reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 8, 1991 and September 16, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kinna, 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
September 8, 1991 to September 16, 1991
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.2
Fastest the center moved
56 kt (64 mph)
Identifier
WP191991

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Sep 13, 00:00 UTC

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
Sep 8, 00:0011.9N 138.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 8, 06:0011.1N 139.3E15 ktNot reported
Sep 8, 12:0011.0N 140.6E15 ktNot reported
Sep 8, 18:0011.3N 141.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 9, 00:0011.8N 142.3E20 ktNot reported
Sep 9, 06:0012.5N 142.6E20 ktNot reported
Sep 9, 12:0013.2N 142.4E20 ktNot reported
Sep 9, 18:0014.0N 141.9E20 ktNot reported
Sep 10, 00:0014.9N 141.1E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0015.9N 140.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0017.0N 139.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0018.2N 137.8E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0019.3N 136.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0020.3N 134.4E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0021.2N 132.8E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0022.1N 131.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0023.0N 130.2E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0023.9N 129.3E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0024.7N 128.4E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 18:0025.6N 127.9E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 00:0026.8N 127.8E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 06:0028.3N 128.0E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 12:0030.0N 128.5E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 18:0031.9N 129.4E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 00:0034.2N 131.3E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 06:0036.1N 134.3E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 12:0037.4N 138.4E55 kt1000 mbMixed
Sep 14, 18:0039.0N 145.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 15, 00:0040.8N 151.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 15, 06:0041.0N 156.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 15, 12:0041.0N 162.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 15, 18:0041.0N 166.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 00:0041.0N 170.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 06:0041.0N 175.0E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 12:0041.0N 180.0E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 18:0041.0N 183.0EExtratropical

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.