The 1993 season

Super Typhoon Koryn (1993)

Super Typhoon Koryn reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between June 13, 1993 and June 29, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 905 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Koryn, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 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
June 13, 1993 to June 29, 1993
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
905 mb (26.72 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
27.0
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
WP061993

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
Jun 13, 06:004.0N 160.0E15 ktNot reported
Jun 13, 12:004.0N 159.6E15 ktNot reported
Jun 13, 18:004.1N 159.2E15 ktNot reported
Jun 14, 00:004.2N 158.7E15 ktNot reported
Jun 14, 06:004.3N 158.3E15 ktNot reported
Jun 14, 12:004.3N 157.9E15 ktNot reported
Jun 14, 18:004.4N 157.6E15 ktNot reported
Jun 15, 00:004.5N 157.3E20 ktNot reported
Jun 15, 06:004.6N 157.0E20 ktNot reported
Jun 15, 12:004.7N 156.8E20 ktNot reported
Jun 15, 18:004.9N 156.7E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Jun 16, 00:005.1N 156.6E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Jun 16, 06:005.3N 156.5E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 16, 12:005.6N 156.4E30 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 16, 18:006.0N 156.4E30 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 00:006.5N 156.3E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 06:007.0N 156.1E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 12:007.4N 155.8E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 18:007.5N 155.3E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 00:007.6N 154.6E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 06:007.6N 153.8E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 12:007.6N 152.9E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 18:007.6N 151.8E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 00:007.5N 150.8E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 06:007.4N 149.8E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 12:007.2N 148.9E35 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 18:007.0N 148.1E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 00:006.9N 147.6E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 06:007.0N 147.1E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 12:007.0N 146.6E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 18:007.2N 145.8E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 00:007.5N 145.1E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 06:008.0N 144.1E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 12:008.5N 142.9E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:009.3N 141.4E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:009.8N 140.1E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0010.3N 139.0E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0010.7N 137.9E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0011.2N 136.8E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0011.8N 135.3E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0012.2N 134.3E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0012.7N 133.2E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0013.1N 132.0E115 kt935 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 00:0013.4N 130.8E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0013.6N 129.6E130 kt910 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0014.0N 128.5E130 kt905 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0014.4N 127.4E130 kt905 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0014.9N 126.3E125 kt910 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0015.5N 125.0E120 kt915 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 12:0016.2N 123.9E115 kt920 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 18:0016.8N 122.6E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 00:0017.5N 121.2E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 06:0018.2N 119.8E90 kt945 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0018.9N 118.4E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 18:0019.5N 116.8E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0020.0N 115.3E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 06:0020.7N 113.9E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 12:0021.4N 112.4E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 18:0021.5N 110.7E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 00:0021.5N 108.9E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 06:0021.4N 106.7E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 12:0021.7N 105.2E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 18:0022.4N 103.8E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 00:0023.0N 106.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 06:0023.3N 106.2E1002 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1993

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.