The 1994 season

Super Typhoon Fred (1994)

Super Typhoon Fred reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 12, 1994 and August 26, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Fred, 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
August 12, 1994 to August 26, 1994
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
925 mb (27.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
26.0
Fastest the center moved
22 kt (25 mph)
Identifier
WP191994

Radar at RKSG as it neared land, Aug 25, 12:00 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 12, 00:0020.0N 152.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 12, 06:0019.8N 151.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 12, 12:0019.7N 150.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 12, 18:0019.5N 149.1E20 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 00:0019.3N 148.3E20 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 06:0019.1N 147.6E20 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 12:0018.9N 146.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 18:0018.6N 146.3E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0018.2N 145.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0018.0N 145.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0017.9N 144.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0018.0N 143.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0018.1N 142.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0018.2N 141.5E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0018.2N 140.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0018.1N 139.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0017.9N 138.4E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0017.7N 137.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0017.5N 136.8E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0017.4N 135.9E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0017.6N 135.0E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0018.0N 134.1E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0018.4N 133.2E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0018.7N 132.3E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0019.0N 131.4E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0019.5N 130.6E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0020.1N 129.8E110 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0020.7N 128.8E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0021.2N 127.8E120 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0021.7N 126.9E125 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0022.1N 126.1E130 kt925 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0022.5N 125.5E130 kt925 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0022.9N 124.9E125 kt925 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0023.6N 124.6E125 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0024.5N 124.5E120 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0025.4N 123.9E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0026.2N 123.1E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0026.9N 122.3E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0027.5N 121.3E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0028.1N 120.1E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0028.7N 118.8E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0029.3N 117.5E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0029.9N 116.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0030.5N 114.9E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0031.2N 115.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0032.0N 114.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0033.0N 115.2E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0033.9N 115.7E1006 mbMixed
Aug 24, 00:0035.0N 117.2E1004 mbMixed
Aug 24, 06:0036.0N 119.0E1004 mbMixed
Aug 24, 12:0036.8N 121.0E1004 mbMixed
Aug 24, 18:0037.5N 122.2E1004 mbMixed
Aug 25, 00:0038.2N 123.8E1004 mbMixed
Aug 25, 06:0038.7N 125.7E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 12:0039.0N 127.5E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 18:0040.0N 130.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 00:0040.8N 132.5E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 06:0041.3N 135.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 12:0042.0N 137.0E1008 mbExtratropical

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.