The 1996 season

Typhoon Gloria (1996)

Typhoon Gloria reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between July 19, 1996 and July 28, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Gloria. 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
July 19, 1996 to July 28, 1996
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.3
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
WP091996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 19, 00:007.1N 136.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 19, 06:007.6N 136.6E15 ktNot reported
Jul 19, 12:008.2N 136.2E15 ktNot reported
Jul 19, 18:008.7N 135.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 20, 00:009.1N 135.4E15 ktNot reported
Jul 20, 06:009.5N 135.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 20, 12:0010.0N 134.4E20 ktNot reported
Jul 20, 18:0010.6N 133.7E20 ktNot reported
Jul 21, 00:0011.2N 132.8E20 ktTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0011.8N 131.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0012.4N 130.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0012.9N 130.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0013.2N 129.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0013.5N 128.7E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0013.9N 128.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0014.4N 127.8E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0014.9N 127.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0015.5N 126.8E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0016.0N 126.0E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0016.5N 125.1E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0016.9N 124.5E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0017.4N 123.9E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0017.8N 123.4E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0018.4N 122.9E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0019.0N 122.4E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0019.5N 121.9E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0019.9N 121.5E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0020.4N 121.1E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0021.2N 120.8E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 06:0021.9N 120.8E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0023.4N 120.2E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0024.3N 119.1E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0024.8N 117.7E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0025.1N 116.3E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0025.3N 115.0E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0025.4N 114.0E20 kt994 mbMixed
Jul 28, 00:0026.2N 110.8E996 mbMixed
Jul 28, 06:0025.9N 109.8E996 mbMixed
Jul 28, 12:0025.5N 108.9E996 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0025.7N 108.2E996 mbTropical storm

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.