The 1993 season

Unnamed typhoon (1993)

Unnamed typhoon reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between November 27, 1993 and December 5, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed typhoon, 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
November 27, 1993 to December 5, 1993
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
968 mb (28.59 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.9
Identifier
IO021993

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
Nov 27, 00:007.4N 107.7E20 ktNot reported
Nov 27, 06:007.5N 106.6E20 ktNot reported
Nov 27, 12:007.5N 105.5E20 ktNot reported
Nov 27, 18:007.6N 104.5E20 ktNot reported
Nov 28, 00:007.7N 103.4E20 ktNot reported
Nov 28, 06:007.7N 102.3E20 ktNot reported
Nov 28, 12:007.8N 101.3E20 ktNot reported
Nov 28, 18:007.8N 100.2E20 ktNot reported
Nov 29, 00:007.9N 99.1E20 ktNot reported
Nov 29, 06:007.9N 98.1E20 ktNot reported
Nov 29, 12:007.9N 97.0E20 ktNot reported
Nov 29, 18:007.9N 95.8E20 ktNot reported
Nov 30, 00:007.6N 94.5E25 ktNot reported
Nov 30, 06:007.5N 92.9E25 ktNot reported
Nov 30, 12:007.6N 91.8E25 ktNot reported
Nov 30, 18:007.8N 90.9E30 ktNot reported
Dec 1, 00:008.0N 89.9E30 ktNot reported
Dec 1, 06:008.2N 89.1E30 kt1002 mbNot reported
Dec 1, 12:008.3N 88.2E30 kt1000 mbNot reported
Dec 1, 18:008.5N 87.4E35 kt1002 mbNot reported
Dec 2, 00:008.7N 86.6E35 kt1002 mbNot reported
Dec 2, 06:008.8N 85.8E40 kt1002 mbNot reported
Dec 2, 12:008.9N 85.1E45 kt996 mbNot reported
Dec 2, 18:009.0N 84.3E50 kt996 mbNot reported
Dec 3, 00:009.1N 83.4E55 kt994 mbNot reported
Dec 3, 06:009.3N 82.6E60 kt988 mbNot reported
Dec 3, 12:009.6N 81.8E65 kt982 mbNot reported
Dec 3, 18:009.9N 81.1E75 kt982 mbNot reported
Dec 4, 00:0010.5N 80.4E70 kt976 mbNot reported
Dec 4, 06:0011.2N 79.6E65 kt968 mbNot reported
Dec 4, 12:0011.8N 78.5E55 kt998 mbNot reported
Dec 4, 18:0012.4N 77.4E40 kt1002 mbNot reported
Dec 5, 00:0013.0N 76.3E30 ktNot reported
Dec 5, 06:0013.6N 75.2E25 ktNot reported
Dec 5, 12:0014.0N 74.1E25 ktNot reported
Dec 5, 18:0014.2N 73.0E25 ktNot reported

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.