Typhoon Axel (1994)
Typhoon Axel reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between December 10, 1994 and December 27, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Axel, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1994 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 10, 1994 to December 27, 1994
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.8
- Identifier
- WP381994
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 5.9N 164.6E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 6.0N 163.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 6.1N 162.4E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 6.2N 161.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 6.3N 160.2E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 6.4N 159.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 6.5N 158.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 6.6N 157.1E | 20 kt | XX | |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 6.7N 156.1E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 6.2N 155.1E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 6.1N 154.2E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 6.1N 153.3E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 6.0N 152.4E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 6.0N 151.5E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 6.1N 150.6E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 6.2N 149.8E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 6.4N 149.0E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 6.7N 148.2E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 6.9N 147.4E | 30 kt | XX | |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 7.1N 146.6E | 30 kt | XX | |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 7.5N 145.8E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | XX |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 7.8N 144.9E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 8.0N 144.0E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 8.3N 143.1E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 8.6N 142.2E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 8.9N 141.4E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 9.2N 140.6E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 9.5N 139.8E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 9.8N 139.0E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 10.1N 138.2E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 10.4N 137.4E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 10.7N 136.6E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 11.0N 135.7E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 11.2N 134.7E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 11.3N 133.7E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 11.3N 132.6E | 80 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 11.2N 131.5E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 11.1N 130.5E | 90 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 11.1N 129.5E | 100 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 11.1N 128.5E | 115 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 11.0N 127.6E | 115 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 10.9N 126.7E | 105 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 10.8N 125.9E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 10.9N 125.1E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 11.2N 124.2E | 75 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 11.5N 123.2E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 11.9N 122.1E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 12.3N 121.0E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 12.7N 120.0E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 13.2N 119.0E | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 13.7N 118.1E | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 14.3N 117.4E | 65 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 15.0N 116.9E | 65 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 15.7N 116.6E | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 16.4N 116.2E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 17.0N 115.8E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 17.5N 115.3E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 17.9N 115.0E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 18.3N 114.9E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 18.6N 115.1E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 18.8N 115.4E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 18.9N 115.8E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 19.0N 116.2E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 19.1N 116.6E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 18.5N 116.4E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 18.0N 116.8E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 17.4N 116.5E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon OwenWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon PageWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm RussWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm SharonWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon TimWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm VanessaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon ZekeWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon WaltWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm YunyaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm AmyWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm BrendanWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm CaitlinWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon DougWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon EllieWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon FredWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon GladysWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm HarryWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon IvyWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm JoelWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon KinnaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm LukeWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon MelissaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NatWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon OrchidWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm Pat:RuthWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Depression PatWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon SethWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon VerneWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon TeresaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon WildaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon ZeldaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm BobbieWestern Pacific · 1994
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.