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WESTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1982 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 28 storms · 15 Mar 1982–11 Dec 1982

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY352.9
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1982 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 28 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalMamie: 15 Mar–24 Mar, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormNelson: 18 Mar–1 Apr, peak 105 kt, Category 3Odessa: 28 Mar–3 Apr, peak 75 kt, Category 1Pat: 17 May–23 May, peak 105 kt, Category 3Ruby: 20 Jun–27 Jun, peak 75 kt, Category 1Tess:Val: 25 Jun–3 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSkip: 28 Jun–1 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormWinona: 11 Jul–17 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormBess: 21 Jul–2 Aug, peak 140 kt, Category 5Andy: 21 Jul–31 Jul, peak 120 kt, Category 4Cecil: 3 Aug–15 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Dot: 9 Aug–16 Aug, peak 80 kt, Category 1Faye: 20 Aug–3 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Ellis: 18 Aug–27 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Gordon: 27 Aug–5 Sep, peak 100 kt, Category 3Hope: 4 Sep–7 Sep, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormJudy: 5 Sep–12 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Irving: 5 Sep–16 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Lola: 14 Sep–19 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormKen: 14 Sep–25 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 17 Sep–24 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionMac: 1 Oct–8 Oct, peak 140 kt, Category 5Nancy: 10 Oct–20 Oct, peak 115 kt, Category 4Owen: 15 Oct–27 Oct, peak 105 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 15 Oct–19 Oct, peak 20 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 13 Oct–16 Oct, no US-agency windPamela: 24 Nov–9 Dec, peak 100 kt, Category 3Roger: 7 Dec–11 Dec, peak 65 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1982 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Mamie–60Tropical storm9902,730
Nelson–105Cat 39353,040
Odessa–75Cat 19651,430
Pat–105Cat 39453,370
Ruby–75Cat 19752,920
Tess:Val–55Tropical storm9853,280
Skip–50Tropical storm9923,000
Winona–55Tropical storm9852,790
Bess–140Cat 59003,680
Andy–120Cat 49302,520
Cecil–125Cat 49203,590
Dot–80Cat 19702,850
Ellis–125Cat 49154,800
Faye–90Cat 29603,420
Gordon–100Cat 39454,150
Hope–60Tropical storm9801,000
Irving–90Cat 29501,850
Judy–90Cat 29554,200
Ken–110Cat 39403,110
Lola–50Tropical storm9902,130
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—2,100
Mac–140Cat 58953,140
Nancy–115Cat 49352,670
Unnamed–—Unclassified—810
Owen–105Cat 39404,670
Unnamed–20Tropical depression—870
Pamela–100Cat 39404,280
Roger–65Cat 19801,840

28 storms with an IBTrACS 1982 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 15 Mar 1982, last 11 Dec 1982.

Tropical storms25

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Typhoons19

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)12

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormBess

140 kt · 161 mph / 259 km/h

Lowest pressure895 hPa

Mac, 5 Oct 1982

Longest track record19.8 days

Faye, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1982 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 1982 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 19 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 25 tropical storms, with 12 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1982 Pacific typhoon season?

Bess, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 140 kt (Category 5) on 29 Jul 1982, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 900 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1982?

2 storms in the 1982 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Bess, Mac.

When did the 1982 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 15 Mar 1982 and the last on 11 Dec 1982, from 28 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 1982 Pacific typhoon season?

Nelson, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 21 Mar 1982, 18:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Western Pacific basin for the 1982 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for typhoon strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Western Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology