Super Typhoon Ed (1993)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

September 27, 1993 to October 9, 1993

Peak strength

Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)

Lowest pressure

915 mb (27.02 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 370 km (230 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

29.1

Identifier

WP251993

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Sep 30, 12:00 UTC

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.

• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression25 kt
• Tropical Storm IrmaWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm JackWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm35 kt
• Super Typhoon KorynWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 4130 kt · 905 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression30 kt
• Typhoon LewisWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 285 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm MarianWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm45 kt
• Typhoon NathanWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 170 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm OfeliaWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Typhoon PercyWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 165 kt · 975 mb
• Typhoon RobynWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 4120 kt · 940 mb
• Typhoon SteveWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 165 kt · 980 mb
• Typhoon TashaWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 180 kt · 970 mb
• Typhoon VernonWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 180 kt · 965 mb
• Tropical Storm WinonaWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Super Typhoon YancyWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 4130 kt · 925 mb
• Tropical Storm ZolaWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon AbeWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 3110 kt · 945 mb
• Typhoon BeckyWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 165 kt · 980 mb
• Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 180 kt · 965 mb
• Typhoon CecilWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 3100 kt · 950 mb
• Typhoon FloWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 170 kt · 970 mb
• Tropical Storm GeneWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm35 kt · 998 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression25 kt
• Typhoon IraWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 4120 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm JeanaWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm50 kt · 992 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression25 kt
• Typhoon KyleWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 295 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed typhoonWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 175 kt · 968 mb
• Typhoon LolaWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Typhoon MannyWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 4120 kt · 955 mb
• Typhoon NellWestern Pacific · 1993Cat 170 kt · 975 mb

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.

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.