Typhoon Tom (1996)
Typhoon Tom reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 8, 1996 and September 22, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Tom, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 8, 1996 to September 22, 1996
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1303 km (810 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.7
- Identifier
- WP251996
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 10.9N 161.8E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 10.9N 161.3E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 10.9N 160.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 10.9N 159.8E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 10.9N 158.6E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 10.9N 157.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 11.1N 156.4E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 11.3N 155.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 11.5N 154.7E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 11.9N 153.9E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 12.3N 153.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 13.0N 152.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 13.6N 151.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 14.2N 150.3E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 14.8N 149.6E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 15.5N 149.0E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 16.1N 148.5E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 16.8N 148.1E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 17.6N 147.6E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 18.3N 147.1E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 18.9N 146.5E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 19.3N 145.7E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 19.5N 145.0E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 19.6N 144.2E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 19.8N 143.6E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 19.9N 143.4E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 20.1N 143.4E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 20.3N 143.6E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 20.6N 144.3E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 21.0N 144.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 21.4N 145.1E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 22.0N 145.3E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 22.3N 146.0E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 22.6N 146.5E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 23.1N 146.9E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 23.6N 147.3E | 70 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 24.1N 147.8E | 70 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 24.7N 148.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 25.3N 148.9E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 26.1N 149.6E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 27.0N 150.2E | 55 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 27.9N 151.2E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 28.8N 152.5E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 30.3N 153.2E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 31.7N 154.3E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 32.7N 155.9E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 33.3N 157.6E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 34.1N 159.2E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 34.9N 160.7E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 35.7N 162.1E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 36.5N 163.4E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 37.3N 164.5E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 38.0N 165.6E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 38.8N 166.7E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 39.6N 168.2E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 40.7N 170.0E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 42.2N 172.2E | 45 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 44.0N 174.7E | 45 kt | Not reported |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm AnnWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon BartWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm CamWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon DanWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon EveWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon FrankieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon HerbWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon JoyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm IanWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon KirkWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm LisaWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm MartyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon NikiWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon OrsonWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon PiperWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm RickWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon VioletWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon WillieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon ZaneWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon Abel:BethWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm BethWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon CarloWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ErnieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon DaleWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ErnieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm DaleWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon FernWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm GregWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 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.