The 1993 season

Typhoon Manny (1993)

Typhoon Manny reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between December 1, 1993 and December 16, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Manny, 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
December 1, 1993 to December 16, 1993
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
15.4
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
WP361993

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
Dec 1, 12:005.1N 163.7E20 ktNot reported
Dec 1, 18:005.0N 162.4E20 ktNot reported
Dec 2, 00:005.2N 161.6E20 ktNot reported
Dec 2, 06:005.6N 160.4E20 ktNot reported
Dec 2, 12:005.9N 159.0E20 ktNot reported
Dec 2, 18:006.4N 157.6E20 ktNot reported
Dec 3, 00:006.8N 156.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 06:007.0N 154.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 12:007.1N 152.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 18:007.3N 150.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 00:007.5N 148.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 06:007.7N 146.0E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 12:007.8N 144.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 18:008.1N 142.2E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 5, 00:008.6N 140.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 5, 06:009.3N 138.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 5, 12:0010.0N 137.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 5, 18:0010.7N 135.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 6, 00:0011.6N 133.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 6, 06:0012.7N 133.0E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 6, 12:0013.6N 132.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 6, 18:0014.2N 131.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 7, 00:0014.9N 130.2E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 7, 06:0015.4N 129.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 7, 12:0015.9N 129.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 7, 18:0016.3N 129.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 8, 00:0016.5N 129.9E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 8, 06:0016.3N 130.1E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 8, 12:0015.9N 129.9E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 8, 18:0015.2N 129.4E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 9, 00:0014.4N 128.6E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Dec 9, 06:0013.7N 127.6E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Dec 9, 12:0013.3N 126.4E120 kt955 mbTropical storm
Dec 9, 18:0012.8N 125.2E115 kt960 mbTropical storm
Dec 10, 00:0012.5N 124.0E105 kt970 mbTropical storm
Dec 10, 06:0012.5N 122.8E85 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 10, 12:0012.5N 121.8E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 10, 18:0012.3N 120.9E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 11, 00:0012.0N 120.0E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 11, 06:0011.5N 119.2E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 11, 12:0010.9N 118.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 11, 18:0010.6N 117.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 00:0010.6N 117.0E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 06:0010.7N 116.3E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 12:0010.9N 115.6E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 18:0010.9N 114.9E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 13, 00:0010.8N 114.1E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 13, 06:0010.8N 113.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 13, 12:0010.8N 112.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 13, 18:0010.7N 111.6E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 00:0010.2N 110.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 06:009.4N 109.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 12:008.4N 107.8E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 18:007.6N 106.1E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 00:007.2N 104.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 06:007.1N 103.2E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 12:007.3N 102.0E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 18:007.5N 100.9E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 00:007.8N 99.8E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 06:008.2N 98.8E20 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.