The 1994 season

Super Typhoon Doug (1994)

Super Typhoon Doug reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between July 30, 1994 and August 13, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Doug, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
July 30, 1994 to August 13, 1994
Peak strength
Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure
925 mb (27.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
32.5
Fastest the center moved
14 kt (16 mph)
Identifier
WP171994

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 1, 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
Jul 30, 00:0012.0N 151.7E15 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 06:0012.3N 151.1E15 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 12:0012.6N 150.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 18:0012.8N 149.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 00:0013.0N 149.1E15 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 06:0013.2N 148.4E15 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 12:0013.4N 147.7E15 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 18:0013.7N 146.9E15 ktNot reported
Aug 1, 00:0014.0N 146.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 1, 06:0014.3N 145.1E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0014.6N 144.2E15 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0014.9N 143.2E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:0015.1N 142.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0015.2N 141.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0015.3N 140.8E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0015.4N 140.2E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0015.4N 139.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0015.3N 138.8E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0015.2N 138.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0015.1N 137.1E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0015.0N 136.2E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0015.0N 135.2E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0015.0N 134.2E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0015.1N 133.2E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0015.3N 132.1E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0015.7N 130.9E125 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0016.2N 129.7E130 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0016.8N 128.5E140 kt930 mbXX
Aug 6, 00:0017.5N 127.4E140 kt925 mbXX
Aug 6, 06:0018.2N 126.4E140 kt925 mbXX
Aug 6, 12:0019.0N 125.4E140 kt925 mbXX
Aug 6, 18:0020.0N 124.6E135 kt930 mbXX
Aug 7, 00:0021.0N 123.9E130 kt935 mbXX
Aug 7, 06:0022.2N 123.4E125 kt935 mbXX
Aug 7, 12:0023.3N 122.9E125 kt935 mbXX
Aug 7, 18:0024.4N 122.4E125 kt940 mbXX
Aug 8, 00:0025.5N 122.1E115 kt950 mbXX
Aug 8, 06:0026.5N 121.8E100 kt955 mbXX
Aug 8, 12:0027.5N 122.0E85 kt960 mbXX
Aug 8, 18:0028.4N 122.4E75 kt965 mbXX
Aug 9, 00:0029.2N 122.8E65 kt970 mbXX
Aug 9, 06:0030.0N 123.2E65 kt975 mbXX
Aug 9, 12:0030.9N 123.5E65 kt980 mbXX
Aug 9, 18:0031.7N 123.7E65 kt985 mbXX
Aug 10, 00:0032.5N 123.8E60 kt985 mbXX
Aug 10, 06:0033.2N 123.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0033.7N 124.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0034.0N 124.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0034.2N 125.0E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0034.3N 125.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0034.3N 125.5E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0034.2N 125.3E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0034.0N 124.6E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0033.5N 123.5E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0032.9N 122.3E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0032.3N 121.1E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0031.7N 119.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0031.1N 118.8E15 ktNot reported

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.