The 1994 season

Typhoon Wilda (1994)

Typhoon Wilda reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 18, 1994 and November 2, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Wilda, 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 18, 1994 to November 2, 1994
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
935 mb (27.61 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 625 km (388 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
40.0
Identifier
WP351994

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 18, 00:0012.0N 170.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 06:0012.5N 169.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 12:0012.9N 168.1E15 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 18:0013.2N 167.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 19, 00:0013.4N 166.2E20 ktNot reported
Oct 19, 06:0013.6N 165.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 19, 12:0013.7N 164.4E25 ktNot reported
Oct 19, 18:0013.8N 163.6E25 ktTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0013.8N 162.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0013.9N 162.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0013.9N 161.5E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0014.0N 160.8E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0014.1N 160.1E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0014.3N 159.5E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0014.6N 158.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0014.9N 158.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0015.3N 157.3E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0015.7N 156.4E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0016.1N 155.3E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0016.4N 154.2E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0016.6N 153.0E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0016.7N 151.8E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0016.6N 150.7E120 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0016.4N 149.7E125 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0016.2N 148.8E125 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0015.9N 148.1E125 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0015.7N 147.6E120 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0015.6N 147.3E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0015.6N 147.1E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0015.8N 147.2E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0016.1N 147.5E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0016.6N 147.9E110 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0017.2N 148.4E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0017.9N 148.9E105 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0018.6N 149.4E105 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0019.3N 149.8E105 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0019.9N 150.2E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0020.5N 150.6E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0021.1N 151.0E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 18:0021.6N 151.3E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 00:0022.2N 151.5E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 06:0022.9N 151.5E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 12:0023.6N 151.4E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 18:0024.2N 151.2E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 00:0024.7N 151.0E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 06:0025.1N 150.7E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 12:0025.5N 150.3E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 18:0025.9N 150.0E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 00:0026.4N 149.9E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 06:0027.0N 150.0E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 12:0027.8N 150.2E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 18:0028.9N 150.7E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 00:0030.3N 151.5E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 06:0032.0N 152.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 12:0033.8N 154.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 18:0035.6N 157.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 00:0037.4N 161.5E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 06:0039.2N 165.3E45 kt996 mbMixed
Nov 1, 12:0040.9N 169.3E40 kt996 mbExtratropical
Nov 1, 18:0042.5N 173.4E40 kt994 mbExtratropical
Nov 2, 00:0048.5N 185.5EExtratropical

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.