The 1993 season

Typhoon Nell (1993)

Typhoon Nell reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between December 18, 1993 and January 1, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nell, 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 18, 1993 to January 1, 1994
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.5
Identifier
WP371993

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 18, 18:004.7N 158.8E15 ktNot reported
Dec 19, 00:004.7N 157.9E15 ktNot reported
Dec 19, 06:004.8N 157.0E15 ktNot reported
Dec 19, 12:004.9N 156.1E15 ktNot reported
Dec 19, 18:005.2N 155.3E15 ktNot reported
Dec 20, 00:005.5N 154.6E15 ktNot reported
Dec 20, 06:005.9N 153.5E20 ktNot reported
Dec 20, 12:006.5N 152.2E25 ktTropical storm
Dec 20, 18:006.9N 150.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 00:007.0N 149.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 06:007.1N 148.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 12:007.2N 147.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 18:007.3N 146.5E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 00:007.5N 145.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 06:007.7N 145.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 12:007.8N 144.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 18:007.7N 143.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 00:007.5N 142.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 06:007.3N 141.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 12:007.3N 140.0E30 kt1000 mbXX
Dec 23, 18:007.5N 139.0E35 kt1000 mbXX
Dec 24, 00:007.7N 137.7E35 kt1000 mbXX
Dec 24, 06:008.1N 137.0E40 kt1000 mbXX
Dec 24, 12:008.3N 135.3E45 kt1000 mbXX
Dec 24, 18:008.6N 134.2E45 kt998 mbXX
Dec 25, 00:008.5N 132.7E50 kt996 mbXX
Dec 25, 06:008.5N 131.3E60 kt985 mbXX
Dec 25, 12:008.6N 129.8E65 kt980 mbXX
Dec 25, 18:008.8N 128.3E65 kt980 mbXX
Dec 26, 00:009.2N 126.8E70 kt980 mbXX
Dec 26, 06:009.7N 125.5E65 kt975 mbXX
Dec 26, 12:0010.3N 124.3E65 kt975 mbXX
Dec 26, 18:0010.9N 123.1E65 kt975 mbXX
Dec 27, 00:0011.6N 122.1E65 kt975 mbXX
Dec 27, 06:0012.0N 121.1E60 kt980 mbXX
Dec 27, 12:0012.1N 120.0E55 kt985 mbXX
Dec 27, 18:0011.9N 119.0E50 kt985 mbXX
Dec 28, 00:0011.5N 118.1E40 kt990 mbXX
Dec 28, 06:0011.0N 117.1E30 kt994 mbXX
Dec 28, 12:0010.5N 116.7E25 kt998 mbXX
Dec 28, 18:009.9N 116.4E20 kt1002 mbXX
Dec 29, 00:009.5N 116.1E20 kt1004 mbXX
Dec 29, 06:009.1N 115.6E20 kt1004 mbXX
Dec 29, 12:008.8N 114.8E20 kt1004 mbXX
Dec 29, 18:008.7N 113.8E20 kt1004 mbXX
Dec 30, 00:008.8N 113.7E20 kt1004 mbXX
Dec 30, 06:008.9N 113.5E20 kt1004 mbXX
Dec 30, 12:009.8N 114.5E1004 mbXX
Dec 30, 18:009.5N 114.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 00:009.2N 113.5E1006 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 06:008.9N 113.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 12:008.6N 112.6E1008 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 18:008.2N 112.3E1008 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 00:007.8N 112.1E1008 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 06:007.5N 112.0E1008 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.