Typhoon Rex (1998)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

August 22, 1998 to September 9, 1998

Peak strength

Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)

Lowest pressure

955 mb (28.20 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 492 km (306 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

37.7

Fastest the center moved

38 kt (44 mph)

Identifier

WP061998

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm NicholeWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm50 kt · 998 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm45 kt
• Typhoon OttoWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 3100 kt · 970 mb
• Tropical Storm PennyWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm60 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Typhoon StellaWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 165 kt · 965 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression25 kt
• Super Typhoon ToddWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 4130 kt · 955 mb
• Typhoon VickiWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 290 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm WaldoWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm45 kt · 994 mb
• Typhoon YanniWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 180 kt · 965 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Super Typhoon ZebWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 5155 kt · 900 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm50 kt
• Super Typhoon BabsWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 4135 kt · 940 mb
• Tropical Storm ChipWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm50 kt · 994 mb
• Unnamed typhoonWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 175 kt · 984 mb
• Tropical Storm DawnWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm45 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm ElvisWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm45 kt · 992 mb
• Typhoon FaithWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Tropical Storm GilWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm35 kt · 992 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Rex