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WESTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1999 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 35 storms · 3 Jan 1999–16 Dec 1999

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY103.7
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1999 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 35 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: 3 Jan–7 Jan, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormIris: 16 Feb–19 Feb, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 5 Apr–10 Apr, no US-agency windKate: 22 Apr–28 Apr, peak 75 kt, Category 1Leo: 27 Apr–2 May, peak 110 kt, Category 3Maggie: 1 Jun–9 Jun, peak 105 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 3 Jun–6 Jun, no US-agency windUnnamed: 9 Jul–14 Jul, no US-agency windUnnamed: 14 Jul–19 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 21 Jul–22 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNeil: 22 Jul–28 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 23 Jul–28 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionOlga: 29 Jul–3 Aug, peak 80 kt, Category 1Paul: 3 Aug–8 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormRachel: 5 Aug–11 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 7 Aug–11 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 15 Aug–20 Aug, no US-agency windSam: 17 Aug–23 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Dora: 20 Aug–26 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 20 Aug–24 Aug, no US-agency windVirgil: 23 Aug–29 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Wendy: 1 Sep–7 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormYork: 9 Sep–17 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Zia: 11 Sep–15 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormAnn: 14 Sep–19 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBart: 17 Sep–25 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Cam: 22 Sep–26 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormDan: 2 Oct–10 Oct, peak 110 kt, Category 3Eve: 15 Oct–20 Oct, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 5 Nov–6 Nov, no US-agency windFrankie: 7 Nov–10 Nov, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormGloria: 13 Nov–16 Nov, peak 65 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 29 Nov–5 Dec, no US-agency windUnnamed: 9 Dec–11 Dec, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 14 Dec–16 Dec, peak 30 kt, Tropical depression

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1999 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–35Tropical storm—460
Iris–35Tropical storm—750
Unnamed–—Unclassified—860
Kate–75Cat 19802,840
Leo–110Cat 3970920
Maggie–105Cat 39551,920
Unnamed–—Unclassified—360
Unnamed–—Unclassified—850
Unnamed–30Tropical depression9961,360
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,600
Neil–40Tropical storm9801,610
Unnamed–25Tropical depression985900
Olga–80Cat 19702,980
Paul–50Tropical storm9802,140
Rachel–35Tropical storm9921,490
Unnamed–—Unclassified—770
Unnamed–—Unclassified—860
Sam–75Cat 19802,790
Dora–60Tropical storm9941,680
Unnamed–—Unclassified—690
Virgil–70Cat 19941,180
Wendy–40Tropical storm9962,420
York–70Cat 1980980
Zia–45Tropical storm9852,410
Ann–45Tropical storm985970
Bart–140Cat 59303,580
Cam–40Tropical storm992630
Dan–110Cat 39552,180
Eve–35Tropical storm9901,550
Unnamed–—Unclassified—290
Frankie–35Tropical storm—1,110
Gloria–65Cat 19802,470
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,450
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—510
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—360

35 storms with an IBTrACS 1999 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 3 Jan 1999, last 16 Dec 1999.

Tropical storms22

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

Typhoons10

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)4

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormBart

140 kt · 161 mph / 259 km/h

Lowest pressure930 hPa

Bart, 22 Sept 1999

Longest track record12 days

Bart, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind8

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1999 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 1999 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 10 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 22 tropical storms, with 4 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1999 Pacific typhoon season?

Bart, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 140 kt (Category 5) on 22 Sept 1999, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 930 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1999?

1 storm in the 1999 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Bart.

When did the 1999 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 3 Jan 1999 and the last on 16 Dec 1999, from 35 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 1999 Pacific typhoon season?

Kate, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 26 Apr 1999, 12:00 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 1999 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