The 1994 season

Typhoon Teresa (1994)

Typhoon Teresa reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between October 14, 1994 and October 27, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Teresa, 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
October 14, 1994 to October 27, 1994
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.2
Identifier
WP341994

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 16, 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
Oct 14, 00:0014.2N 156.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 06:0014.3N 155.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 12:0014.4N 154.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 18:0014.5N 152.8E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 00:0014.6N 151.6E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:0014.7N 150.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 12:0014.8N 149.2E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 18:0014.9N 148.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 00:0015.1N 146.7E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Oct 16, 06:0015.3N 145.3E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Oct 16, 12:0015.5N 143.9E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Oct 16, 18:0015.7N 142.5E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Oct 17, 00:0015.9N 141.1E30 kt1004 mbMixed
Oct 17, 06:0016.1N 139.7E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0016.2N 138.4E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0016.2N 137.1E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0016.0N 135.8E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0015.8N 134.4E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0015.7N 132.9E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0015.6N 131.5E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0015.6N 130.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0015.5N 128.8E60 kt980 mbXX
Oct 19, 12:0015.5N 127.6E65 kt975 mbXX
Oct 19, 18:0015.4N 126.5E70 kt965 mbXX
Oct 20, 00:0015.4N 125.5E75 kt955 mbXX
Oct 20, 06:0015.3N 124.5E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0015.2N 123.6E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0015.0N 122.7E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0014.7N 121.8E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0014.3N 120.9E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0013.9N 120.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0013.5N 119.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0013.1N 118.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0012.7N 117.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0012.2N 116.1E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0011.7N 115.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0011.3N 114.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0010.9N 114.0E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0010.7N 113.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0010.6N 112.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0010.7N 112.2E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0010.7N 111.7E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0010.8N 111.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0010.8N 110.9E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0010.9N 110.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0010.9N 110.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0010.9N 109.7E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0010.8N 109.3E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0010.7N 108.8E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0010.6N 108.3E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0010.5N 107.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0010.6N 107.0E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0010.7N 106.2E15 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.