The 1993 season

Typhoon Lewis (1993)

Typhoon Lewis reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between July 4, 1993 and July 13, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Lewis, 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
July 4, 1993 to July 13, 1993
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.7
Identifier
WP081993

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 4, 06:009.1N 137.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 4, 12:008.8N 136.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 4, 18:008.6N 135.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 5, 00:008.4N 134.2E15 ktNot reported
Jul 5, 06:008.2N 133.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 5, 12:008.1N 132.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 5, 18:008.0N 132.1E15 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 00:007.9N 131.2E20 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 06:008.1N 130.3E20 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 12:008.5N 129.4E25 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 18:009.2N 128.7E25 ktNot reported
Jul 7, 00:0010.0N 128.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 06:0010.7N 127.8E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 12:0011.3N 127.1E30 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 18:0011.8N 126.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 00:0012.2N 125.2E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 06:0012.7N 124.0E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 12:0013.2N 122.4E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 18:0013.6N 120.8E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 00:0014.3N 119.3E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 06:0015.2N 117.9E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 12:0015.9N 116.4E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 18:0016.6N 114.9E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 00:0017.3N 113.5E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 06:0018.0N 112.0E85 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 12:0018.3N 110.5E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 18:0018.4N 109.2E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 00:0018.5N 108.0E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 06:0018.6N 107.2E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 12:0018.7N 106.5E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 18:0018.8N 105.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 00:0018.9N 105.3E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 06:0019.0N 104.6E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 12:0019.0N 103.8E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 18:0019.1N 103.0E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 00:0019.2N 102.0E20 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 06:0019.5N 102.0E1000 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.