Unnamed tropical storm (1997)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between October 22, 1997 and October 30, 1997.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- October 22, 1997 to October 30, 1997
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1644 km (1022 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Identifier
- WP291997
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$15 million
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
- $15 million
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Events recorded
- 4 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guam | 0 | 0 | $15 million | 4 |
What was recorded
4 hurricane (typhoon).
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 6.5N 175.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 6.5N 175.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 6.6N 175.0E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 6.7N 174.7E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 6.8N 174.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 6.9N 174.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 7.0N 174.0E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 7.0N 173.7E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 7.1N 173.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 7.2N 173.2E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 7.3N 173.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 7.5N 172.8E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 7.6N 172.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 7.7N 172.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 7.7N 172.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 7.7N 171.8E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 7.6N 171.4E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 7.2N 170.8E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 6.8N 170.2E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 6.4N 169.7E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 6.0N 169.3E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 5.9N 169.1E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 5.9N 168.8E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 6.0N 168.4E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 6.2N 167.9E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 6.4N 167.1E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 6.5N 166.1E | 40 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 6.6N 165.1E | 45 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 6.8N 164.1E | 45 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 7.2N 163.1E | 50 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 7.6N 162.0E | 55 kt | Not reported |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1997
- Tropical Storm HannahWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon IsaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm JimmyWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm KellyWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm LeviWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon NestorWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon OpalWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon PeterWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon RosieWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm ScottWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon TinaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon VictorWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon WinnieWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon YuleWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon AmberWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon ZitaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon BingWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm CassWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon DavidWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon FritzWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon GingerWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm HankWestern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon IvanWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon LindaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon MortWestern Pacific · 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.