Typhoon Stella (1998)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

September 10, 1998 to September 18, 1998

Peak strength

Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)

Lowest pressure

965 mb (28.50 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

4.7

Fastest the center moved

44 kt (51 mph)

Identifier

WP081998

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

$1,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

1 high wind.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

• 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
• Typhoon RexWestern Pacific · 1998Cat 4115 kt · 955 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• 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.