The 1991 season

Typhoon Zeke (1991)

Typhoon Zeke reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 6, 1991 and July 15, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Zeke, 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 6, 1991 to July 15, 1991
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.1
Identifier
WP061991

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 6, 00:005.7N 138.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 06:006.2N 138.2E15 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 12:006.6N 137.4E15 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 18:007.0N 136.6E15 ktNot reported
Jul 7, 00:007.4N 135.7E20 ktNot reported
Jul 7, 06:007.9N 134.7E20 ktNot reported
Jul 7, 12:008.3N 133.5E20 ktNot reported
Jul 7, 18:008.7N 132.1E20 ktNot reported
Jul 8, 00:009.1N 130.7E25 ktNot reported
Jul 8, 06:009.5N 129.4E25 ktNot reported
Jul 8, 12:009.9N 128.2E25 ktDisturbance
Jul 8, 18:0010.3N 127.2E25 ktMixed
Jul 9, 00:0010.8N 126.3E25 ktMixed
Jul 9, 06:0011.3N 125.4E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Jul 9, 12:0012.1N 124.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 18:0012.9N 123.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 00:0013.6N 122.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 06:0014.1N 120.9E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 12:0014.5N 119.4E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 18:0014.8N 118.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 00:0015.0N 116.9E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 06:0015.3N 115.9E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 12:0015.6N 114.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 18:0016.0N 114.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 00:0016.5N 113.2E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 06:0017.2N 112.5E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 12:0017.8N 111.7E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 18:0018.4N 110.8E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 00:0019.0N 109.8E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 06:0019.7N 108.9E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 12:0020.3N 107.9E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 18:0021.1N 106.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 00:0021.5N 105.8E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 06:0022.0N 104.9E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 12:0022.4N 103.8E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 18:0022.2N 104.1E1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 15, 00:0022.4N 103.0E1000 mbTropical storm

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.