The 1997 season

Typhoon Peter (1997)

Typhoon Peter reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between June 15, 1997 and July 4, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Peter, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1997 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
June 15, 1997 to July 4, 1997
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
968 mb (28.59 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.6
Fastest the center moved
50 kt (58 mph)
Identifier
WP091997

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Jun 27, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA Storm Events

0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded

What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.

In the United States

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths
0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
Injuries
0
Property damage
none recorded
Crop damage
none recorded
Events recorded
1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine areaDeathsInjuriesDamageEvents
Guam001

What was recorded

1 waterspout.

Tornadoes and waterspouts

1 waterspout recorded in the United States.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 15, 12:005.5N 162.4E15 ktNot reported
Jun 15, 18:005.7N 161.4E15 ktNot reported
Jun 16, 00:005.9N 160.4E15 ktNot reported
Jun 16, 06:006.1N 159.4E15 ktNot reported
Jun 16, 12:006.4N 158.4E15 ktNot reported
Jun 16, 18:006.7N 157.4E15 ktNot reported
Jun 17, 00:007.0N 156.4E15 ktNot reported
Jun 17, 06:007.4N 155.5E15 ktNot reported
Jun 17, 12:007.8N 154.6E15 ktNot reported
Jun 17, 18:008.1N 153.6E15 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 00:008.5N 152.7E15 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 06:008.9N 151.6E15 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 12:009.3N 150.2E15 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 18:009.7N 148.6E15 ktNot reported
Jun 19, 00:0010.0N 146.7E15 ktNot reported
Jun 19, 06:0010.2N 144.7E15 ktNot reported
Jun 19, 12:0010.4N 143.0E15 ktNot reported
Jun 19, 18:0010.6N 141.7E15 ktNot reported
Jun 20, 00:0011.0N 140.9E15 ktNot reported
Jun 20, 06:0011.6N 140.6E15 ktNot reported
Jun 20, 12:0011.9N 140.4E15 ktNot reported
Jun 20, 18:0012.1N 140.0E15 ktNot reported
Jun 21, 00:0012.2N 139.5E25 ktNot reported
Jun 21, 06:0012.3N 138.7E25 ktNot reported
Jun 21, 12:0012.5N 137.7E20 ktNot reported
Jun 21, 18:0012.8N 136.4E20 ktNot reported
Jun 22, 00:0013.0N 135.0E20 ktNot reported
Jun 22, 06:0013.2N 133.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0013.3N 132.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0013.4N 131.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0013.5N 131.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0013.6N 130.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0013.8N 129.7E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0014.0N 129.0E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 00:0014.2N 128.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0014.8N 127.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0015.7N 127.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0016.7N 127.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0017.6N 127.0E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0018.4N 127.0E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 12:0019.1N 126.9E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 18:0020.0N 126.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 00:0020.9N 126.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 06:0022.1N 126.6E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0023.5N 126.5E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 18:0024.9N 126.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0026.5N 126.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 06:0028.3N 126.4E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 12:0030.0N 127.0E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 18:0031.6N 128.0E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 00:0032.8N 129.7E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 06:0033.9N 132.5E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 12:0035.6N 136.4E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 18:0037.6N 140.3E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 00:0039.9N 144.0E45 kt984 mbExtratropical
Jun 29, 06:0042.5N 148.3E50 kt980 mbExtratropical
Jun 29, 12:0044.2N 151.8E55 kt976 mbExtratropical
Jun 29, 18:0044.9N 154.2E60 kt970 mbExtratropical
Jun 30, 00:0045.2N 155.9E70 kt968 mbExtratropical
Jun 30, 06:0045.4N 157.2E70 kt968 mbExtratropical
Jun 30, 12:0045.6N 158.5E70 kt970 mbExtratropical
Jun 30, 18:0045.8N 159.7E65 kt974 mbExtratropical
Jul 1, 00:0046.0N 160.8E60 kt980 mbExtratropical
Jul 1, 06:0046.2N 161.7E55 kt984 mbExtratropical
Jul 1, 12:0046.5N 162.6E50 kt988 mbExtratropical
Jul 1, 18:0046.8N 163.6E45 kt992 mbExtratropical
Jul 2, 00:0047.1N 164.5E40 kt994 mbExtratropical
Jul 2, 06:0047.3N 165.5E40 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jul 2, 12:0047.6N 166.7E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jul 2, 18:0047.9N 167.9E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jul 3, 00:0048.3N 169.9E30 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jul 3, 06:0048.6N 172.6E30 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jul 3, 12:0048.9N 176.0E30 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jul 3, 18:0049.2N 179.8E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Jul 4, 00:0049.3N 176.0W30 ktExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1997

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.