Super Typhoon Oscar (1995)
Super Typhoon Oscar reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 7, 1995 and September 19, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Super Typhoon Oscar. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 7, 1995 to September 19, 1995
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 925 mb (27.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 84 km (52 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 24.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Identifier
- WP171995
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 8.5N 161.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 8.9N 160.0E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 9.3N 158.9E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 9.6N 157.8E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 10.0N 156.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 10.3N 155.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 10.6N 154.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 10.8N 153.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 11.0N 152.9E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 11.3N 152.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 11.6N 152.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 11.9N 151.7E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 12.3N 151.2E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 12.8N 150.6E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 13.4N 150.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 13.9N 149.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 14.4N 148.9E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 14.9N 148.2E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 15.3N 147.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 15.8N 147.2E | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 16.4N 146.8E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 16.9N 146.4E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 17.5N 145.8E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 18.0N 145.1E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 18.6N 144.4E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 19.1N 143.6E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 19.7N 142.5E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 20.4N 141.2E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 21.0N 140.1E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 21.5N 139.2E | 110 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 22.3N 138.5E | 115 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 23.1N 137.9E | 125 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 24.1N 137.4E | 140 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 25.0N 137.0E | 140 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 26.0N 136.6E | 140 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 27.1N 136.5E | 140 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 28.4N 136.7E | 140 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 29.7N 137.3E | 140 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 31.2N 138.3E | 140 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 33.3N 139.9E | 125 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 36.4N 142.9E | 110 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 39.7N 146.3E | 100 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 42.4N 150.4E | 80 kt | 976 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 44.4N 155.4E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 45.2N 161.3E | 55 kt | 976 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 45.4N 167.3E | 45 kt | 972 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 49.0N 176.0E | 968 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 49.0N 180.0E | 964 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 49.0N 184.0E | Extratropical |
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- Tropical Storm DeannaWestern Pacific · 1995
- Tropical Storm EliWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon GaryWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon HelenWestern Pacific · 1995
- Tropical Storm IrvingWestern Pacific · 1995
- Tropical Storm JanisWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon LoisWestern Pacific · 1995
- Super Typhoon KentWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon MarkWestern Pacific · 1995
- Tropical Storm NinaWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon PollyWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1995
- Super Typhoon RyanWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon SibylWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon TedWestern Pacific · 1995
- Tropical Storm ValWestern Pacific · 1995
- Super Typhoon WardWestern Pacific · 1995
- Typhoon YvetteWestern Pacific · 1995
- Super Typhoon AngelaWestern Pacific · 1995 · 936 deaths
- Typhoon ZackWestern Pacific · 1995
- Tropical Storm BrianWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1995
- Tropical Storm DanWestern Pacific · 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.