Typhoon Dan (1996)

Typhoon Dan reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 3, 1996 and July 17, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Dan, 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.

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The storm

Basin: Western Pacific
Dates: July 3, 1996 to July 17, 1996
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 102 km (63 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 8.8
Identifier: WP061996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jul 3, 12:00	19.0N 155.6E	15 kt		Not reported
Jul 3, 18:00	18.9N 154.9E	15 kt		Not reported
Jul 4, 00:00	18.9N 154.2E	15 kt		Not reported
Jul 4, 06:00	18.9N 153.4E	15 kt		Not reported
Jul 4, 12:00	18.9N 152.4E	15 kt		Not reported
Jul 4, 18:00	19.0N 151.3E	20 kt		Not reported
Jul 5, 00:00	19.1N 150.2E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 5, 06:00	19.3N 149.2E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 5, 12:00	19.5N 148.2E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 5, 18:00	19.8N 147.3E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 6, 00:00	20.1N 146.6E	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 6, 06:00	20.4N 146.0E	30 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 6, 12:00	20.6N 145.5E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 6, 18:00	20.9N 144.9E	35 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 7, 00:00	21.2N 144.2E	40 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 7, 06:00	21.6N 143.5E	45 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 7, 12:00	22.1N 142.7E	50 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 7, 18:00	22.4N 142.0E	60 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 8, 00:00	22.8N 141.3E	65 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 8, 06:00	23.4N 140.8E	65 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 8, 12:00	24.0N 140.6E	65 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 8, 18:00	24.7N 140.5E	70 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 9, 00:00	25.5N 140.5E	75 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 9, 06:00	26.7N 140.6E	75 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 9, 12:00	28.0N 140.7E	75 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 9, 18:00	29.5N 140.8E	70 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 00:00	31.0N 141.0E	70 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 06:00	32.4N 141.2E	65 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 12:00	33.7N 141.8E	65 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 18:00	35.0N 142.9E	65 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 11, 00:00	36.4N 144.2E	65 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 11, 06:00	37.9N 145.8E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 11, 12:00	39.8N 147.9E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 11, 18:00	42.0N 149.6E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 12, 00:00	43.9N 150.8E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 12, 06:00	45.3N 151.6E	60 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Jul 12, 12:00	45.8N 152.3E	55 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Jul 12, 18:00	45.9N 153.2E	50 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Jul 13, 00:00	45.6N 154.7E	45 kt	992 mb	Extratropical
Jul 13, 06:00	45.2N 157.1E	45 kt	992 mb	Extratropical
Jul 13, 12:00	45.1N 159.9E	35 kt	992 mb	Extratropical
Jul 13, 18:00	45.0N 162.1E	35 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Jul 14, 00:00	44.9N 164.2E	30 kt	986 mb	Extratropical
Jul 14, 06:00	45.2N 166.3E	25 kt	990 mb	Extratropical
Jul 14, 12:00	46.4N 168.1E	25 kt	990 mb	Extratropical
Jul 14, 18:00	47.7N 169.2E	20 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Jul 15, 00:00	49.0N 170.2E	20 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Jul 15, 06:00	49.5N 171.5E		992 mb	Extratropical
Jul 15, 12:00	50.0N 172.0E		992 mb	Extratropical
Jul 15, 18:00	50.5N 172.5E		994 mb	Extratropical
Jul 16, 00:00	51.0N 173.0E		996 mb	Extratropical
Jul 16, 06:00	52.0N 173.5E		998 mb	Extratropical
Jul 16, 12:00	53.5N 174.5E		1002 mb	Extratropical
Jul 16, 18:00	55.0N 175.5E		1002 mb	Extratropical
Jul 17, 00:00	56.0N 176.5E		1004 mb	Extratropical
Jul 17, 06:00	57.0N 178.0E		1006 mb	Extratropical
Jul 17, 12:00	58.0N 179.5E		1006 mb	Extratropical
Jul 17, 18:00	59.5N 181.5E			Extratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.