Typhoon Orson (1996)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

August 14, 1996 to September 4, 1996

Peak strength

Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)

Lowest pressure

955 mb (28.20 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 405 km (252 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

27.2

Identifier

WP191996

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 19, 00:00 UTC

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

• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm AnnWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm40 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression25 kt
• Typhoon BartWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 4125 kt · 930 mb
• Tropical Storm CamWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm60 kt · 994 mb
• Typhoon DanWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 175 kt · 970 mb
• Super Typhoon EveWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 5140 kt · 940 mb
• Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 290 kt · 965 mb
• Typhoon FrankieWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 290 kt · 975 mb
• Super Typhoon HerbWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 5140 kt · 925 mb
• Typhoon JoyWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 175 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm IanWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm40 kt
• Typhoon KirkWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 295 kt · 955 mb
• Tropical Storm LisaWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm40 kt · 996 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm MartyWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm50 kt
• Typhoon NikiWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 295 kt · 970 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt
• Typhoon PiperWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 165 kt · 996 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression25 kt
• Tropical Storm RickWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm35 kt
• Super Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 5140 kt · 940 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm45 kt
• Typhoon TomWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 175 kt · 965 mb
• Super Typhoon VioletWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 4130 kt · 935 mb
• Typhoon WillieWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 165 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt
• Typhoon ZaneWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 3110 kt · 950 mb
• Typhoon Abel:BethWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 290 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm BethWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm50 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression25 kt
• Typhoon CarloWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 3105 kt · 965 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm ErnieWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm50 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm40 kt
• Super Typhoon DaleWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 5140 kt · 930 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm50 kt
• Tropical Storm ErnieWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm45 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm DaleWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm50 kt · 956 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt
• Typhoon FernWestern Pacific · 1996Cat 180 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm GregWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm45 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm50 kt

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.

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.