Typhoon Victor (1997)
Typhoon Victor reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 28, 1997 and August 4, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Typhoon Victor. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 28, 1997 to August 4, 1997
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.6
- Identifier
- WP131997
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 15.0N 119.6E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 15.0N 119.0E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 15.1N 118.4E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 15.2N 117.8E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 15.3N 117.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 15.4N 116.6E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 15.5N 116.0E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 15.8N 115.5E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 16.1N 115.1E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 16.4N 114.7E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 16.6N 114.2E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 16.8N 113.8E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 17.1N 113.5E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 17.7N 113.5E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 00:00 | 18.3N 113.7E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 18.9N 113.9E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 12:00 | 19.4N 114.0E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 18:00 | 19.8N 114.0E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 00:00 | 20.3N 114.0E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 21.1N 114.0E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 22.3N 114.1E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 23.6N 113.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 24.9N 113.8E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 26.3N 113.7E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 27.6N 113.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 28.8N 114.3E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 30.0N 114.8E | 15 kt | 998 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 32.5N 117.0E | Disturbance |
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
- 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
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon LindaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon KeithWestern 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.