The 1993 season

Typhoon Robyn (1993)

Typhoon Robyn reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 30, 1993 and August 14, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Robyn, 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 30, 1993 to August 14, 1993
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
24.6
Fastest the center moved
24 kt (28 mph)
Identifier
WP131993

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 8, 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 30, 06:006.7N 161.1E10 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 12:006.7N 160.5E10 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 18:006.7N 159.5E10 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 00:006.7N 158.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 06:006.7N 157.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 12:006.7N 156.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 18:006.8N 155.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 1, 00:006.8N 154.5E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:007.0N 153.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:007.4N 152.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:008.0N 151.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:008.7N 149.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:009.1N 148.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:009.4N 147.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:009.6N 146.2E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:009.8N 144.9E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0010.0N 143.6E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0010.2N 142.5E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0010.4N 141.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0010.7N 141.5E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0011.1N 141.0E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0011.5N 140.7E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0012.0N 140.3E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0012.5N 139.9E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0013.2N 139.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0014.1N 138.5E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0015.0N 137.9E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0015.9N 137.2E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0016.6N 136.3E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0017.4N 135.4E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0018.4N 134.5E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0019.3N 133.5E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0020.1N 132.6E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0021.0N 131.9E120 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0022.1N 131.3E120 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0023.2N 130.8E120 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0024.3N 130.3E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0025.3N 129.8E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0026.4N 129.4E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0027.6N 129.2E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0029.0N 129.1E95 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0030.5N 129.1E95 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0032.3N 129.3E90 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0034.2N 130.1E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0036.3N 131.2E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0038.4N 132.9E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0039.1N 133.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0040.0N 135.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0040.8N 136.5E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0041.5N 139.0E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 18:0041.5N 141.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 00:0041.0N 143.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 06:0040.0N 145.5E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 12:0039.0N 147.5E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 18:0038.0N 148.5E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 00:0037.5N 149.5E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 06:0037.5N 150.5E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 12:0038.0N 151.5E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 18:0038.5N 153.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 14, 00:0039.0N 155.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 14, 06:0039.5N 157.5E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 14, 12:0039.5N 160.0E1012 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.