The 1996 season

Typhoon Piper (1996)

Typhoon Piper reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 19, 1996 and August 26, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Piper, 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.

Open the live map with storms, cones and warnings

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 19, 1996 to August 26, 1996
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 289 km (180 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.3
Identifier
WP201996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 19, 00:0020.6N 169.6E15 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 06:0021.2N 168.1E15 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 12:0022.2N 166.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 19, 18:0023.2N 165.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 00:0024.4N 163.3E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 06:0025.7N 161.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 12:0026.8N 160.3E20 ktNot reported
Aug 20, 18:0027.9N 158.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 21, 00:0028.2N 157.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 21, 06:0028.0N 157.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 21, 12:0027.5N 156.8E20 ktNot reported
Aug 21, 18:0026.8N 157.1E20 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 00:0026.7N 158.0E25 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 06:0027.0N 158.8E25 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 12:0027.5N 159.5E25 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 18:0028.1N 160.0E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 23, 00:0028.7N 160.4E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0029.5N 160.7E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0030.3N 160.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0030.9N 160.4E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0031.4N 160.0E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0032.0N 159.6E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0032.6N 159.4E55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0033.2N 159.1E60 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0034.2N 158.9E65 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0035.3N 158.6E65 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0036.7N 158.5E60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0038.5N 158.8E60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0040.7N 159.4E60 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0043.6N 160.3E55 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0047.5N 161.8E55 ktNot reported
Aug 26, 18:0052.0N 164.0E50 ktNot reported

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.