Unnamed typhoon (1998)

Unnamed typhoon reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between November 16, 1998 and November 23, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed typhoon, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: Western Pacific
Dates: November 16, 1998 to November 23, 1998
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.8
Identifier: IO071998

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Nov 16, 00:00	10.1N 102.3E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 16, 06:00	10.2N 101.3E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 16, 12:00	10.2N 100.6E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 16, 18:00	10.3N 99.9E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 17, 00:00	10.3N 99.0E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 17, 06:00	10.4N 98.0E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 17, 12:00	10.4N 97.2E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 17, 18:00	10.4N 96.4E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 18, 00:00	10.4N 95.5E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 18, 06:00	10.5N 94.7E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 18, 12:00	10.6N 94.1E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 18, 18:00	11.0N 93.4E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 19, 00:00	11.4N 92.9E	25 kt		Not reported
Nov 19, 06:00	11.9N 92.2E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 19, 12:00	12.5N 91.3E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 19, 18:00	13.2N 90.2E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 20, 00:00	14.0N 89.0E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 20, 06:00	14.9N 88.2E	55 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 20, 12:00	15.7N 87.9E	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 20, 18:00	16.3N 87.8E	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 21, 00:00	16.8N 87.6E	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 21, 06:00	17.7N 87.2E	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 21, 12:00	18.7N 87.2E	65 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 21, 18:00	19.4N 87.5E	65 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 22, 00:00	19.7N 87.7E	75 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 22, 06:00	20.3N 88.1E	55 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 22, 12:00	21.2N 89.0E	40 kt		Tropical storm
Nov 22, 18:00	22.0N 90.0E	35 kt		Tropical storm
Nov 23, 00:00	22.8N 91.1E	35 kt		Tropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1998

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.