The 1993 season

Typhoon Vernon (1993)

Typhoon Vernon reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 17, 1993 and August 30, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Vernon, 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 17, 1993 to August 30, 1993
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.8
Identifier
WP171993

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 17, 00:0010.1N 158.6E20 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 06:0010.6N 158.6E20 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 12:0011.1N 158.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 18:0011.6N 158.3E20 ktNot reported
Aug 18, 00:0012.0N 158.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 18, 06:0012.4N 157.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 18, 12:0012.8N 157.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 18, 18:0013.1N 157.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 00:0013.4N 156.6E20 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 06:0013.7N 156.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 12:0014.0N 155.8E20 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 18:0014.2N 155.3E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 00:0014.4N 154.8E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 06:0014.5N 154.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 12:0014.6N 153.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 18:0015.0N 152.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 21, 00:0015.9N 152.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 21, 06:0016.9N 152.4E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0017.8N 152.9E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0018.7N 153.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0019.7N 153.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0020.3N 152.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0020.6N 152.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0020.8N 152.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0021.1N 151.6E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0021.5N 151.0E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0022.2N 150.5E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0022.8N 150.0E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0023.5N 149.4E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0024.3N 148.8E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0025.2N 148.3E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0026.1N 147.5E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0026.8N 146.4E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0027.7N 145.2E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0028.5N 143.9E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0029.1N 142.7E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0029.7N 141.7E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0030.4N 141.0E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0031.4N 140.8E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0032.6N 140.6E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0034.0N 140.6E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0035.6N 140.9E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0037.2N 141.6E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0038.9N 142.5E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0041.8N 144.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0044.6N 146.0E50 kt986 mbMixed
Aug 28, 12:0047.5N 148.3E50 kt988 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 18:0048.5N 147.0E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 00:0050.0N 147.5E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 06:0051.5N 148.0E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 12:0053.0N 149.0E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 18:0054.0N 150.5E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 00:0055.0N 152.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 06:0056.0N 154.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 12:0057.0N 156.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 18:0057.5N 158.5E994 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.