The 1994 season

Typhoon Gladys (1994)

Typhoon Gladys reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between August 19, 1994 and September 4, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Gladys, 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 19, 1994 to September 4, 1994
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.9
Identifier
WP201994

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 19, 00:0011.8N 156.7E15 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 06:0013.0N 156.8E15 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 12:0014.2N 156.7E15 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 18:0015.4N 156.5E15 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 00:0016.6N 156.1E15 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 06:0017.7N 155.7E15 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 12:0018.8N 155.5E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0019.8N 155.6E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0020.8N 155.9E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0021.7N 156.3E30 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0022.4N 156.7E30 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0023.0N 157.1E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 22, 00:0023.5N 157.5E30 kt1010 mbMixed
Aug 22, 06:0023.8N 157.8E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 22, 12:0024.0N 158.1E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 22, 18:0024.2N 158.4E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 23, 00:0024.3N 158.3E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 23, 06:0024.3N 158.0E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 23, 12:0024.2N 157.6E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 23, 18:0024.1N 157.1E30 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 24, 00:0024.0N 156.6E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0023.9N 156.1E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0023.8N 155.6E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0023.7N 155.1E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0023.7N 154.6E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0023.8N 154.1E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0023.9N 153.5E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0024.0N 152.8E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0024.2N 152.1E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0024.4N 151.4E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0024.5N 150.6E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0024.5N 149.6E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0024.4N 148.4E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0024.2N 147.2E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0023.9N 146.0E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0023.5N 144.8E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0023.0N 143.7E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0022.5N 142.6E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0022.0N 141.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0021.6N 140.7E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0021.3N 139.7E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0021.4N 138.6E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0021.6N 137.4E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0021.8N 136.1E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 00:0021.9N 134.7E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 06:0022.0N 133.2E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 12:0022.1N 131.7E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 18:0022.2N 130.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 00:0022.4N 128.4E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 06:0022.6N 126.7E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 12:0023.0N 125.1E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 18:0023.5N 123.6E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 00:0024.2N 122.3E105 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 06:0024.9N 121.0E85 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0025.4N 119.7E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 18:0026.4N 118.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0027.5N 117.8E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0028.8N 117.2E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0030.2N 116.9E15 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0031.5N 116.7E10 kt1008 mbMixed
Sep 3, 00:0032.9N 116.7E1008 mbMixed
Sep 3, 06:0033.8N 117.0E1006 mbMixed
Sep 3, 12:0035.3N 117.5E1004 mbMixed
Sep 3, 18:0036.8N 118.1E1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0038.1N 119.1E1000 mbTropical storm

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.