The 1997 season

Typhoon Yule (1997)

Typhoon Yule reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 9, 1997 and August 28, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Yule. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 9, 1997 to August 28, 1997
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 402 km (250 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.6
Fastest the center moved
43 kt (49 mph)
Identifier
WP151997

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA Storm Events

0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$1.1 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
2
Property damage
$930,000
Crop damage
$125,000
Events recorded
13 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine areaDeathsInjuriesDamageEvents
Guam02$1.1 million13

What was recorded

5 flood, 3 high wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 hurricane (typhoon), 1 lightning.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 9, 06:003.1N 179.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 9, 12:003.1N 178.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 9, 18:003.4N 177.1E20 ktNot reported
Aug 10, 00:004.0N 176.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 10, 06:004.9N 175.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 10, 12:005.2N 174.1E20 ktNot reported
Aug 10, 18:005.9N 173.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 11, 00:006.8N 172.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 11, 06:007.5N 171.1E20 ktNot reported
Aug 11, 12:007.4N 170.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 11, 18:007.2N 170.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 12, 00:007.0N 170.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 12, 06:008.1N 169.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 12, 12:008.7N 169.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 12, 18:008.3N 170.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 00:007.9N 170.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 06:007.6N 171.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 12:007.0N 171.1E20 ktNot reported
Aug 13, 18:006.7N 170.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 14, 00:006.6N 169.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 14, 06:007.4N 168.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 14, 12:007.5N 166.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 14, 18:007.2N 165.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 00:006.8N 164.1E25 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 06:007.1N 163.3E25 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 12:007.7N 163.3E25 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 18:008.0N 163.6E25 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 00:008.3N 163.9E25 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 06:008.5N 164.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:008.8N 164.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:009.7N 164.6E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0010.6N 165.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0011.2N 165.8E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0011.8N 166.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0012.3N 167.0E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0013.0N 167.6E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0013.8N 168.0E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0014.5N 168.6E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0015.7N 168.1E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0016.3N 167.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0017.1N 166.9E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0017.9N 166.8E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0018.5N 167.2E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0019.1N 167.2E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0019.7N 167.5E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0020.2N 167.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0020.8N 168.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0021.9N 168.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0023.0N 168.2E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0024.0N 168.6E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0025.0N 169.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0027.3N 169.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0029.5N 170.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0032.1N 171.8E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0035.2N 171.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0038.7N 171.1E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0041.9N 169.0E60 kt984 mbMixed
Aug 23, 12:0044.3N 167.1E65 kt980 mbMixed
Aug 23, 18:0045.7N 166.0E65 kt980 mbMixed
Aug 24, 00:0047.0N 165.0E65 kt980 mbExtratropical
Aug 24, 06:0048.3N 163.9E65 kt980 mbExtratropical
Aug 24, 12:0048.7N 163.4E65 kt982 mbExtratropical
Aug 24, 18:0049.2N 163.0E65 kt984 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 00:0049.6N 163.1E65 kt988 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 06:0049.7N 163.6E65 kt992 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 12:0049.6N 164.8E65 kt994 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 18:0050.4N 166.2E65 kt996 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 00:0051.1N 167.3E60 kt996 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 06:0051.2N 168.8E50 kt996 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 12:0051.3N 170.5E45 kt998 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 18:0051.3N 172.4E40 kt998 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 00:0052.0N 174.1E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 06:0048.8N 169.1E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 12:0048.2N 170.1E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 18:0047.5N 171.5E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 00:0047.4N 173.3E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 06:0047.9N 176.2E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 12:0049.5N 179.1E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 18:0051.0N 181.7EExtratropical

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.