The 1995 season

Super Typhoon Ward (1995)

Super Typhoon Ward reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 13, 1995 and October 24, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Ward, 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
October 13, 1995 to October 24, 1995
Peak strength
Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 566 km (352 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
23.3
Identifier
WP261995

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 17, 12:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 13, 18:008.4N 162.5E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 00:009.3N 162.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 06:0010.1N 162.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 12:0010.8N 161.5E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 18:0011.3N 160.6E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 00:0011.8N 159.6E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:0012.2N 158.5E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 12:0012.5N 157.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 18:0012.7N 156.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 00:0012.9N 155.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 06:0013.1N 153.7E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0013.2N 152.2E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0013.3N 150.5E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0013.6N 148.8E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0014.1N 147.0E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0014.5N 145.3E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0014.9N 143.7E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0015.4N 142.1E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0016.0N 140.6E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0016.7N 139.3E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0017.5N 137.9E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0018.4N 136.7E120 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0019.6N 135.6E130 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0021.0N 134.7E140 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0021.9N 134.4E140 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0022.7N 134.4E140 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0023.4N 134.4E135 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0024.0N 134.5E130 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0025.0N 135.0E125 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0025.8N 135.9E110 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0026.5N 137.0E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0027.4N 138.2E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0028.4N 139.5E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0029.5N 141.4E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0030.5N 144.0E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0031.4N 147.4E50 kt992 mbMixed
Oct 22, 18:0032.3N 151.1E45 kt996 mbExtratropical
Oct 23, 00:0033.2N 155.0E45 kt992 mbExtratropical
Oct 23, 06:0034.1N 159.3E50 kt992 mbExtratropical
Oct 23, 12:0035.1N 164.1E50 kt990 mbExtratropical
Oct 23, 18:0038.5N 172.5E990 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 00:0040.0N 176.0E988 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 06:0041.5N 181.5EExtratropical

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.