The 1993 season

Typhoon Kyle (1993)

Typhoon Kyle reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between November 17, 1993 and November 24, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kyle, 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
November 17, 1993 to November 24, 1993
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.6
Identifier
WP341993

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
Nov 17, 12:008.7N 137.4E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:008.8N 136.2E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:009.0N 135.0E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:009.1N 133.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:009.2N 132.6E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:009.3N 131.5E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:009.4N 130.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:009.9N 129.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0010.4N 128.6E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0010.7N 127.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0010.7N 126.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0010.8N 125.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0011.0N 124.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0011.3N 123.0E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0011.6N 121.8E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0011.7N 120.7E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0011.9N 119.6E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0012.1N 118.1E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0012.2N 116.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0012.4N 115.4E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0012.6N 114.2E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0012.7N 113.0E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0012.8N 111.7E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0012.8N 110.5E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0012.9N 109.3E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0013.0N 107.9E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0013.3N 106.6E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0013.9N 105.4E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0014.4N 103.9E25 ktNot reported

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.