The 1993 season

Typhoon Lola (1993)

Typhoon Lola reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between November 27, 1993 and December 9, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Lola, 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 27, 1993 to December 9, 1993
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.9
Fastest the center moved
23 kt (26 mph)
Identifier
WP351993

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 27, 06:005.0N 171.6E10 ktNot reported
Nov 27, 12:005.1N 170.2E10 ktNot reported
Nov 27, 18:005.3N 168.8E10 ktNot reported
Nov 28, 00:005.5N 167.6E10 ktNot reported
Nov 28, 06:005.7N 166.6E10 ktNot reported
Nov 28, 12:005.9N 165.6E10 ktNot reported
Nov 28, 18:006.1N 164.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 29, 00:006.3N 163.3E15 ktNot reported
Nov 29, 06:006.5N 161.8E15 ktNot reported
Nov 29, 12:006.7N 160.2E15 ktNot reported
Nov 29, 18:006.8N 158.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 30, 00:006.9N 156.7E20 ktNot reported
Nov 30, 06:006.9N 155.0E20 ktNot reported
Nov 30, 12:007.0N 153.4E20 ktNot reported
Nov 30, 18:007.0N 151.8E20 ktNot reported
Dec 1, 00:007.2N 150.2E20 ktNot reported
Dec 1, 06:007.4N 148.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 12:007.7N 146.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 18:008.0N 145.1E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Dec 2, 00:008.6N 143.3E30 kt1004 mbMixed
Dec 2, 06:009.3N 141.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 12:0010.1N 139.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 18:0010.7N 138.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 00:0011.2N 136.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 06:0011.6N 134.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 12:0012.1N 132.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 18:0012.8N 130.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 00:0013.4N 129.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 06:0013.8N 128.1E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 12:0014.1N 126.8E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 18:0014.2N 125.7E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Dec 5, 00:0014.3N 124.7E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Dec 5, 06:0014.2N 123.8E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Dec 5, 12:0014.1N 123.0E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Dec 5, 18:0014.0N 122.0E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Dec 6, 00:0013.8N 120.8E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 6, 06:0013.3N 119.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 6, 12:0012.9N 118.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 6, 18:0012.5N 118.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 7, 00:0012.1N 117.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 7, 06:0011.8N 116.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 7, 12:0011.5N 115.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 7, 18:0011.2N 114.1E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 8, 00:0011.1N 113.0E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Dec 8, 06:0011.1N 111.8E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Dec 8, 12:0011.3N 110.5E105 kt960 mbTropical storm
Dec 8, 18:0011.8N 108.9E95 kt970 mbTropical storm
Dec 9, 00:0012.4N 107.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 9, 06:0013.6N 105.6E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 9, 12:0014.7N 104.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 9, 18:0013.5N 105.0E1006 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.