The 1993 season

Typhoon Steve (1993)

Typhoon Steve reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 3, 1993 and August 14, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Steve, 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
August 3, 1993 to August 14, 1993
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 314 km (195 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.8
Identifier
WP141993

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 13, 06:00 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
Aug 3, 00:008.0N 154.3E10 ktNot reported
Aug 3, 06:008.4N 154.3E10 ktNot reported
Aug 3, 12:008.7N 154.5E10 ktNot reported
Aug 3, 18:009.0N 154.7E10 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 00:009.4N 154.9E15 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 06:009.9N 155.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 12:0010.4N 154.9E15 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 18:0010.8N 154.5E15 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 00:0011.2N 154.1E15 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 06:0011.6N 153.6E20 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 12:0012.1N 153.0E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0012.5N 152.5E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 6, 00:0012.9N 152.0E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 6, 06:0013.4N 151.4E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0013.9N 150.7E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0014.3N 149.9E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0014.6N 149.1E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0014.7N 148.3E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0015.0N 147.4E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0015.3N 146.5E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0015.5N 145.6E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0015.5N 144.7E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0015.4N 143.7E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0015.4N 142.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0015.6N 141.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0015.8N 141.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0015.9N 140.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0016.0N 139.5E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0016.3N 138.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0016.7N 137.7E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0017.1N 136.9E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0017.6N 136.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0018.2N 135.5E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0018.9N 134.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0019.6N 134.2E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0020.4N 133.4E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0021.3N 132.5E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0022.3N 131.4E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0023.2N 130.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0023.9N 129.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0024.4N 127.9E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0024.8N 127.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0025.0N 126.1E20 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 13, 18:0025.2N 125.3E15 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 14, 00:0025.3N 124.7E15 kt1006 mbMixed

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.