The 1996 season

Typhoon Joy (1996)

Typhoon Joy reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 25, 1996 and August 6, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Joy. 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 25, 1996 to August 6, 1996
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 362 km (225 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.9
Identifier
WP121996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 25, 12:0019.6N 165.2E10 ktNot reported
Jul 25, 18:0019.5N 164.6E10 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 00:0019.4N 164.0E10 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 06:0019.4N 163.5E10 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 12:0019.4N 163.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 18:0019.4N 162.4E15 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 00:0019.6N 161.7E15 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 06:0020.0N 160.7E15 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 12:0020.6N 159.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 18:0021.4N 158.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 28, 00:0022.3N 157.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 28, 06:0023.1N 156.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 28, 12:0024.0N 155.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 28, 18:0024.8N 154.8E20 ktNot reported
Jul 29, 00:0025.8N 153.9E20 ktNot reported
Jul 29, 06:0026.7N 153.4E25 ktNot reported
Jul 29, 12:0027.0N 152.9E30 ktNot reported
Jul 29, 18:0026.8N 152.3E35 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 00:0026.4N 152.2E35 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 06:0026.2N 152.5E35 kt1012 mbMixed
Jul 30, 12:0026.2N 152.7E35 kt1010 mbMixed
Jul 30, 18:0026.3N 153.0E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0026.6N 153.2E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0026.9N 153.1E40 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0027.5N 152.9E45 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0028.2N 152.6E50 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0028.8N 152.3E55 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0029.5N 152.0E65 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0030.2N 151.9E70 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0030.7N 151.9E75 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:0031.1N 152.0E75 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0031.5N 152.4E75 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0031.8N 153.0E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0031.9N 153.6E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0032.0N 154.2E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0032.0N 154.9E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0032.2N 155.1E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0032.4N 155.3E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0032.7N 155.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0033.2N 155.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0033.7N 154.9E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0034.1N 154.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0034.5N 155.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0034.8N 155.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0036.1N 156.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0037.5N 157.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0039.0N 157.8E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0041.4N 158.2E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0044.3N 159.3E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 6, 18:0049.0N 161.0E1008 mbExtratropical

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.