The 1993 season

Typhoon Percy (1993)

Typhoon Percy reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 25, 1993 and August 1, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Percy, 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 25, 1993 to August 1, 1993
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.5
Identifier
WP121993

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Jul 28, 18:00 UTC

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 25, 18:0019.0N 130.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 00:0019.1N 130.2E20 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 06:0019.3N 130.3E20 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 12:0019.5N 130.2E25 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 18:0019.7N 130.0E25 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 00:0019.9N 129.8E25 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 06:0020.1N 129.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0020.6N 129.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0022.0N 128.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0023.3N 128.9E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0024.4N 128.9E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0025.4N 128.7E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0026.5N 128.7E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0027.7N 128.8E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0029.5N 129.1E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0031.7N 129.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0034.3N 130.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0037.0N 132.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0039.4N 133.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0041.4N 135.2E45 kt994 mbExtratropical
Jul 30, 18:0042.3N 136.3E40 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 00:0042.6N 137.2E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 06:0042.6N 138.1E30 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 12:0042.5N 138.8E25 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 18:0042.2N 139.3E20 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 00:0042.0N 139.9E20 kt1004 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.