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1994 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 42 storms · 4 Jan 1994–27 Dec 1994

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1994 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 42 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 BengalUnnamed: 4 Jan–5 Jan, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionOwen: 31 Mar–9 Apr, peak 75 kt, Category 1Page: 11 May–17 May, peak 90 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 25 May–26 May, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionRuss: 3 Jun–9 Jun, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSharon: 21 Jun–25 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 2 Jul–4 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionTim: 7 Jul–12 Jul, peak 125 kt, Category 4Vanessa: 9 Jul–11 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormZeke: 17 Jul–24 Jul, peak 65 kt, Category 1Walt: 14 Jul–28 Jul, peak 130 kt, Category 4Yunya: 17 Jul–21 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 19 Jul–21 Jul, no US-agency windUnnamed: 25 Jul–29 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionAmy: 25 Jul–1 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormBrendan: 25 Jul–3 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormCaitlin: 1 Aug–6 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormDoug: 1 Aug–13 Aug, peak 140 kt, Category 5Ellie: 6 Aug–16 Aug, peak 80 kt, Category 1Fred: 13 Aug–23 Aug, peak 130 kt, Category 4Li: 12 Aug–18 Aug, peak 58 kt, Tropical stormGladys: 20 Aug–4 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Harry: 24 Aug–29 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormIvy: 27 Aug–4 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1John: 28 Aug–8 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Joel: 2 Sep–8 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormKinna: 5 Sep–12 Sep, peak 85 kt, Category 2Luke: 6 Sep–14 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormMelissa: 11 Sep–19 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Nat: 15 Sep–22 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormOrchid: 17 Sep–30 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Pat: 21 Sep–26 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Pat:Ruth: 23 Sep–28 Sep, peak 48 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 28 Sep–3 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionSeth: 2 Oct–12 Oct, peak 120 kt, Category 4Verne: 15 Oct–1 Nov, peak 115 kt, Category 4Teresa: 17 Oct–26 Oct, peak 80 kt, Category 1Wilda: 19 Oct–1 Nov, peak 125 kt, Category 4Yuri: 22 Oct–26 Oct, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormZelda: 26 Oct–7 Nov, peak 135 kt, Category 4Axel: 15 Dec–27 Dec, peak 115 kt, Category 4Bobbie: 18 Dec–26 Dec, peak 50 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1994 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—2,100
Owen–75Cat 19802,330
Page–90Cat 29654,580
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—3,450
Russ–55Tropical storm9852,280
Sharon–45Tropical storm9962,830
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,790
Tim–125Cat 49302,820
Vanessa–45Tropical storm990780
Walt–130Cat 49153,140
Yunya–45Tropical storm9901,250
Zeke–65Cat 19853,900
Unnamed–—Unclassified—370
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—1,410
Amy–40Tropical storm985970
Brendan–50Tropical storm9922,650
Caitlin–60Tropical storm9902,000
Doug–140Cat 59253,070
Ellie–80Cat 19655,060
Li–58Tropical storm994820
Fred–130Cat 49253,760
Gladys–105Cat 39553,940
Harry–60Tropical storm9902,460
Ivy–75Cat 19602,750
John–105Cat 39451,420
Joel–45Tropical storm9901,490
Kinna–85Cat 29603,230
Luke–50Tropical storm9901,940
Melissa–135Cat 49103,850
Nat–45Tropical storm9922,140
Orchid–135Cat 49253,940
Pat–95Cat 29651,870
Pat:Ruth–48Tropical storm9922,110
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,690
Seth–120Cat 49106,610
Verne–115Cat 49505,360
Teresa–80Cat 19553,020
Wilda–125Cat 49353,900
Yuri–35Tropical storm9961,730
Zelda–135Cat 49104,060
Axel–115Cat 49503,430
Bobbie–50Tropical storm9855,490

42 storms with an IBTrACS 1994 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 4 Jan 1994, last 27 Dec 1994.

Tropical storms36

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

Typhoons21

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)13

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormDoug

140 kt · 161 mph / 259 km/h

Lowest pressure910 hPa

Melissa, 16 Sept 1994

Longest track record21.5 days

Verne, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1994 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 1994 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 21 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 36 tropical storms, with 13 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1994 Pacific typhoon season?

Doug, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 140 kt (Category 5) on 5 Aug 1994, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 925 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1994?

1 storm in the 1994 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Doug.

When did the 1994 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 4 Jan 1994 and the last on 27 Dec 1994, from 42 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 1994 Pacific typhoon season?

Owen, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 3 Apr 1994, 00:00 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 1994 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