Super Typhoon Dale (1996)
Super Typhoon Dale reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between November 2, 1996 and November 14, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Dale, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- November 2, 1996 to November 14, 1996
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 514 km (319 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 37.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Identifier
- WP361996
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
1 high wind.
Wind reports
The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.
| Wind | How | Where | State | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 kt (92 mph) | Estimated | Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island | Alaska | Nov 13, 20:00 |
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 00:00 | 9.1N 154.0E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Nov 2, 06:00 | 9.1N 153.7E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Nov 2, 12:00 | 9.1N 153.4E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Nov 2, 18:00 | 9.1N 152.9E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Nov 3, 00:00 | 9.2N 152.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Nov 3, 06:00 | 9.4N 152.2E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Nov 3, 12:00 | 9.7N 152.1E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 9.9N 152.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 9.9N 151.9E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 10.0N 152.0E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 9.9N 151.9E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 10.1N 151.9E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 10.2N 152.0E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 10.5N 152.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 10.7N 152.3E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 10.9N 152.0E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 11.3N 151.1E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 11.5N 150.2E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 11.6N 149.1E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 11.5N 148.4E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 11.1N 148.0E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 11.3N 147.7E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 11.7N 146.1E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 11.4N 144.5E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 11.6N 143.3E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 11.4N 142.4E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 11.7N 141.5E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 12.3N 140.0E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 12.8N 138.9E | 115 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 13.7N 137.8E | 130 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 14.5N 136.6E | 140 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 15.7N 135.2E | 140 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 16.8N 133.8E | 140 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 17.5N 132.8E | 140 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 18.3N 132.1E | 140 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 19.3N 131.6E | 140 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 20.5N 131.3E | 130 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 21.7N 131.3E | 130 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 22.7N 131.4E | 130 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 23.7N 131.8E | 125 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 24.9N 132.5E | 115 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 26.1N 133.8E | 115 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 27.8N 136.4E | 105 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 29.5N 139.3E | 105 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 31.2N 143.9E | 90 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 32.9N 148.7E | 80 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 34.9N 154.3E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Not reported |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 37.4N 160.6E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Not reported |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 40.7N 167.1E | 60 kt | 976 mb | Not reported |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 43.6N 174.8E | 55 kt | 972 mb | Not reported |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm AnnWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon BartWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm CamWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon DanWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon EveWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon FrankieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon HerbWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon JoyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm IanWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon KirkWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm LisaWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm MartyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon NikiWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon OrsonWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon PiperWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm RickWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon TomWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon VioletWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon WillieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon ZaneWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon Abel:BethWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm BethWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon CarloWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ErnieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ErnieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm DaleWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon FernWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm GregWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
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.