The 1993 season

Typhoon Nathan (1993)

Typhoon Nathan reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 17, 1993 and July 27, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nathan, 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 17, 1993 to July 27, 1993
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.3
Identifier
WP101993

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 17, 12:0010.1N 156.1E15 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 18:0010.2N 155.2E15 ktNot reported
Jul 18, 00:0010.4N 154.3E15 ktNot reported
Jul 18, 06:0010.9N 153.6E15 ktNot reported
Jul 18, 12:0011.4N 152.8E20 ktNot reported
Jul 18, 18:0012.0N 152.1E20 ktNot reported
Jul 19, 00:0012.7N 151.4E25 ktTropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0013.4N 150.7E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0014.0N 149.9E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0014.6N 149.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0015.2N 148.2E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0015.7N 147.2E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0016.2N 146.2E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0016.7N 145.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0017.3N 144.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0018.0N 143.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0018.7N 142.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0019.4N 141.5E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0020.1N 140.9E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0020.9N 140.5E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0021.4N 140.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0021.9N 140.1E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0022.4N 139.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0022.9N 139.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0023.6N 139.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0025.1N 139.4E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0027.2N 138.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0029.7N 137.9E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0032.2N 136.4E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0034.2N 134.7E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0036.0N 133.1E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0037.5N 132.7E30 kt1004 mbMixed
Jul 25, 12:0038.7N 133.0E25 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Jul 25, 18:0039.5N 133.3E25 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Jul 26, 00:0040.2N 133.6E20 kt1008 mbExtratropical
Jul 26, 06:0040.0N 135.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Jul 26, 12:0040.5N 135.5E1010 mbExtratropical
Jul 26, 18:0041.0N 135.5E1010 mbExtratropical
Jul 27, 00:0041.5N 135.5E1012 mbExtratropical

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.