The 1995 season

Tropical Storm Janis (1995)

Tropical Storm Janis peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between August 17, 1995 and August 30, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Janis, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 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 17, 1995 to August 30, 1995
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.2
Identifier
WP101995

Radar at RKSG as it neared land, Aug 26, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 17, 00:0012.0N 144.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 06:0014.3N 143.7E15 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 12:0015.9N 143.1E15 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 18:0017.1N 142.3E15 ktNot reported
Aug 18, 00:0018.0N 141.2E15 ktNot reported
Aug 18, 06:0018.5N 140.2E15 ktNot reported
Aug 18, 12:0018.8N 139.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 18, 18:0019.2N 137.8E15 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 00:0019.6N 136.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 06:0019.9N 135.3E20 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 12:0020.2N 133.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 18:0020.4N 132.8E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 00:0020.6N 131.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 06:0020.5N 130.6E25 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 12:0020.5N 130.0E25 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 18:0020.4N 129.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0020.2N 129.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0020.2N 129.5E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0020.2N 129.9E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0020.3N 130.3E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0020.6N 130.6E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0021.2N 130.5E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0021.8N 130.1E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0022.4N 129.1E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0023.5N 127.8E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0024.5N 126.2E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0025.4N 124.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0025.9N 124.2E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0026.3N 123.4E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0026.9N 122.7E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0027.5N 122.1E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0028.0N 121.4E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0028.8N 121.0E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0029.8N 120.8E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0031.1N 121.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0032.4N 121.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0034.1N 122.4E40 kt994 mbMixed
Aug 26, 06:0035.7N 123.7E45 kt992 mbMixed
Aug 26, 12:0036.9N 125.7E50 kt990 mbMixed
Aug 26, 18:0037.7N 127.6E40 kt992 mbMixed
Aug 27, 00:0038.2N 129.7E40 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 27, 06:0038.3N 132.5E40 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 27, 12:0038.9N 135.6E40 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 27, 18:0039.9N 138.6E40 kt996 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 00:0040.7N 141.8E40 kt998 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 06:0040.9N 145.9E40 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 12:0041.1N 151.4E40 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 18:0041.0N 157.0E40 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 00:0041.1N 162.4E35 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 06:0042.0N 167.0E35 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 12:0042.8N 171.3E35 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 18:0044.0N 174.0E35 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 00:0045.0N 176.0E30 ktNot reported

Other Western Pacific storms of 1995

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.