The 1994 season

Typhoon Zeke (1994)

Typhoon Zeke reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 10, 1994 and July 25, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Zeke. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
July 10, 1994 to July 25, 1994
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 698 km (434 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.7
Identifier
WP121994

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 10, 00:007.9N 140.5E10 ktNot reported
Jul 10, 06:008.0N 140.0E10 ktNot reported
Jul 10, 12:008.1N 139.5E10 ktNot reported
Jul 10, 18:008.2N 139.0E10 ktNot reported
Jul 11, 00:008.3N 138.5E10 ktNot reported
Jul 11, 06:008.4N 138.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 11, 12:008.5N 137.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 11, 18:008.6N 137.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 12, 00:008.7N 136.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 12, 06:008.8N 136.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 12, 12:008.9N 135.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 12, 18:009.1N 135.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 13, 00:009.3N 134.5E15 ktNot reported
Jul 13, 06:009.6N 134.1E15 ktNot reported
Jul 13, 12:009.9N 133.7E15 ktNot reported
Jul 13, 18:0010.2N 133.3E15 ktNot reported
Jul 14, 00:0010.6N 133.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 14, 06:0011.1N 132.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 14, 12:0011.8N 132.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 14, 18:0012.6N 133.1E15 ktNot reported
Jul 15, 00:0013.5N 133.2E15 ktNot reported
Jul 15, 06:0014.3N 133.4E15 ktNot reported
Jul 15, 12:0015.1N 133.6E15 ktNot reported
Jul 15, 18:0015.9N 133.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 00:0016.7N 134.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 06:0017.5N 134.3E20 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 12:0018.4N 134.6E20 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 18:0019.4N 135.1E20 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 00:0020.5N 135.6E20 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 06:0021.6N 136.2E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 12:0022.6N 137.1E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 18:0023.5N 138.2E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 00:0024.4N 139.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 06:0025.1N 141.4E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 12:0025.6N 143.0E25 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 18:0026.1N 144.3E25 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 00:0026.4N 145.5E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0026.6N 146.5E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0026.7N 147.4E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0026.7N 148.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0026.8N 148.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0026.8N 149.4E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0026.8N 149.8E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0026.8N 150.4E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0026.9N 150.9E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0027.0N 151.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0027.2N 152.3E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0027.5N 153.2E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0027.9N 154.0E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0028.6N 154.5E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0029.3N 154.6E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0030.1N 154.6E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0031.1N 154.6E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0032.2N 154.5E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0033.4N 154.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0034.7N 154.2E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0036.1N 154.2E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0037.6N 154.5E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0039.0N 155.5E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0040.2N 157.6E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0041.5N 160.3E45 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jul 25, 06:0043.6N 163.6E45 kt994 mbExtratropical
Jul 25, 12:0046.6N 167.2E40 kt994 mbExtratropical
Jul 25, 18:0050.0N 169.0E992 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.