The 1996 season

Typhoon Niki (1996)

Typhoon Niki reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between August 13, 1996 and August 23, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 13, 1996 to August 23, 1996
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.1
Identifier
WP181996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 13, 12:008.0N 155.8E15 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 18:007.5N 154.3E15 ktNot reported
Aug 14, 00:007.0N 152.8E20 ktNot reported
Aug 14, 06:007.0N 151.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 14, 12:007.0N 148.8E20 ktNot reported
Aug 14, 18:006.5N 147.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 00:006.5N 145.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 06:006.7N 143.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 12:007.0N 142.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 18:007.4N 140.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 00:007.9N 139.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 06:008.5N 137.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 12:0010.0N 136.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 18:0011.9N 135.3E25 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 00:0013.5N 134.8E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0014.7N 134.2E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0015.7N 133.3E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0016.4N 132.1E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0017.2N 130.8E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0017.6N 129.3E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0017.7N 128.0E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0017.6N 126.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0017.5N 125.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0017.5N 124.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0017.6N 123.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0017.6N 121.6E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0017.5N 120.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0017.4N 118.4E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0017.3N 116.8E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0017.2N 115.3E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0017.2N 114.0E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0017.4N 112.7E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0017.8N 111.4E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0018.1N 110.3E95 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0018.5N 109.2E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0019.0N 108.2E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0019.6N 107.1E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0020.2N 106.0E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0020.6N 104.9E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0020.8N 103.9E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0020.8N 103.2E20 kt1000 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.