Cyclone Ron (1998)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

January 1, 1998 to January 9, 1998

Peak strength

Category 5, 145 kt (167 mph)

Lowest pressure

900 mb (26.58 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 212 km (132 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

29.3

Fastest the center moved

25 kt (29 mph)

Identifier

SH101998

The sources count different things and are not added together.

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

4 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

4 hurricane (typhoon).

• Tropical Storm LusiSouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm60 kt · 980 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm35 kt
• Cyclone MartinSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 3100 kt · 945 mb
• Cyclone NuteSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 170 kt · 975 mb
• Cyclone OseaSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 290 kt · 950 mb
• Cyclone PamSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 165 kt · 974 mb
• Cyclone SusanSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 5140 kt · 900 mb
• Cyclone KatrinaSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 290 kt · 940 mb
• Tropical Storm LesSouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm50 kt · 976 mb
• Tropical Storm TuiSouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm40 kt · 990 mb
• Cyclone UrsulaSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 165 kt · 975 mb
• Cyclone VeliSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 175 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm WesSouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm45 kt · 985 mb
• Cyclone Cindy:VictorSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Tropical Storm MaySouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm35 kt · 990 mb
• Cyclone YaliSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 290 kt · 944 mb
• Cyclone NathanSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 165 kt · 990 mb
• Cyclone ZumanSouth Pacific · 1998Cat 3100 kt · 955 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm40 kt
• Tropical Storm AlanSouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm45 kt · 995 mb
• Tropical Storm BartSouth Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm35 kt · 987 mb

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: Cyclone Ron