The 1997 season

Tropical Storm Scott (1997)

Tropical Storm Scott peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between July 20, 1997 and August 3, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Scott, 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
July 20, 1997 to August 3, 1997
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
988 mb (29.18 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 687 km (427 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.4
Fastest the center moved
57 kt (66 mph)
Identifier
WP111997

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
2 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine areaDeathsInjuriesDamageEvents
Alaska002

What was recorded

2 high wind.

Wind reports

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

WindHowWhereStateTime (UTC)
50 kt (58 mph)EstimatedLower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward PeninsulaAlaskaAug 3, 23:00
47 kt (54 mph)EstimatedSt. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait CoastAlaskaAug 3, 21:00

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 20, 00:0024.3N 151.8E1010 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0024.1N 151.3E1010 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0023.5N 149.9E20 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0023.7N 149.4E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0024.0N 149.1E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0024.2N 148.8E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0024.4N 148.6E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0024.7N 148.3E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0025.2N 148.0E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0025.8N 147.8E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0026.3N 148.1E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0026.8N 148.6E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0027.5N 149.3E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0028.4N 149.9E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0029.3N 150.4E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0030.2N 150.9E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0030.9N 151.3E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0031.5N 151.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0031.7N 151.1E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0031.9N 150.8E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0031.7N 151.4E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0031.3N 151.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0030.7N 151.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0029.9N 152.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0028.5N 152.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 06:0026.9N 153.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0025.3N 153.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0023.6N 154.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0022.7N 154.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0022.0N 155.7E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0023.0N 156.6E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0023.8N 156.1E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0024.0N 155.1E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0024.0N 154.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0023.9N 154.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0024.3N 154.5E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0024.9N 155.5E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0025.4N 155.8E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0025.6N 156.0E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0026.2N 156.2E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0026.7N 156.4E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0027.4N 156.9E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0028.4N 157.7E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0029.4N 159.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0030.2N 160.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0030.8N 161.7E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0031.1N 163.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0031.2N 164.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0031.3N 166.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0031.6N 168.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0032.3N 169.9E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0033.4N 170.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:0035.1N 172.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0036.7N 172.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0038.1N 174.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0040.4N 177.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0047.5N 180.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 3, 06:0052.0N 181.0EExtratropical

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.