The 1995 season

Super Typhoon Ryan (1995)

Super Typhoon Ryan reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 14, 1995 and September 25, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Super Typhoon Ryan. 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
September 14, 1995 to September 25, 1995
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
25.3
Identifier
WP191995

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Sep 23, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 14, 12:0013.7N 114.8E20 ktNot reported
Sep 14, 18:0013.7N 114.7E20 ktNot reported
Sep 15, 00:0013.8N 114.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0013.8N 114.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0013.8N 114.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0013.9N 114.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0014.0N 114.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 06:0014.1N 114.6E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0014.2N 114.7E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0014.2N 114.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0014.3N 114.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0014.4N 114.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0014.6N 114.5E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0014.7N 114.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0014.7N 113.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0014.8N 113.5E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0014.8N 113.2E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0014.8N 112.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 00:0015.0N 112.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 06:0015.7N 112.6E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 12:0016.3N 112.6E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 18:0016.9N 112.6E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 00:0017.5N 112.8E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 06:0017.9N 113.2E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 12:0018.3N 113.9E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 18:0018.7N 114.9E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 00:0019.2N 116.2E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 06:0019.7N 117.4E120 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 12:0020.3N 118.6E125 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 18:0020.9N 119.7E130 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 00:0021.5N 120.9E130 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 06:0022.3N 122.2E130 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 12:0023.6N 123.5E130 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 18:0025.0N 124.8E115 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 00:0026.6N 126.1E110 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 06:0028.5N 127.6E105 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 12:0030.9N 129.5E100 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0033.5N 131.8E90 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 00:0036.9N 134.4E75 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 06:0039.8N 138.3E65 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 12:0041.9N 143.5E55 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 24, 18:0042.3N 149.7E45 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 25, 00:0042.5N 149.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 25, 06:0043.0N 152.5E1000 mbExtratropical
Sep 25, 12:0044.0N 156.5E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 25, 18:0045.0N 161.0E998 mbExtratropical

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.