The 1999 season

Typhoon York (1999)

Typhoon York reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 9, 1999 and September 17, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon York, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 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
September 9, 1999 to September 17, 1999
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.4
Identifier
WP211999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 9, 18:0016.8N 124.2E1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0016.5N 124.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0016.4N 124.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0016.1N 123.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0016.1N 122.9E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0016.0N 122.2E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0015.5N 122.7E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0016.0N 123.3E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0018.5N 119.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0018.5N 118.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0018.5N 118.4E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0018.5N 118.1E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 18:0018.6N 117.8E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 00:0018.7N 117.6E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 06:0018.8N 117.4E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 12:0019.0N 117.2E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 18:0019.2N 117.0E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 00:0019.5N 116.7E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 06:0019.9N 116.4E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 12:0020.4N 116.1E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 18:0020.8N 115.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 00:0021.1N 115.7E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0021.3N 115.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0021.7N 115.2E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0021.9N 114.9E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0022.1N 114.3E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 06:0022.2N 113.7E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0022.5N 113.1E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0023.0N 112.5E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0023.5N 112.1E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0023.8N 111.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0024.1N 111.7E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0024.3N 112.1E1004 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1999

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.