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1959 Typhoon IRIS (1959231N16130)


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Summary Information

Storm ID 1959231N16130
Start Aug 18 18Z
Landfall Aug 23 00Z
Max Intensity 97 kt (Aug 22 06Z), 965 mb (Aug 22 06Z)
End Aug 23 18Z
ATCF IDs ,WP081959
Track status Best track data.

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Intensity plots

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Radial wind information

Map of storm track

Position and Intensity Table

BASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO PRES USA WIND TOKYO PRES CMA WIND CMA PRES DS824 WIND TD9636 WIND TD9635 WIND TD9635 PRES
days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north kts kts 1 kts degrees north degrees north degrees north degrees east
WP 1959-08-18 18:00:00 DS 16.00 129.70 1005
WP 21:00:00 DS 16.00 129.30 1005
WP 1959-08-19 00:00:00 TS 16.10 128.60 1006 45 1006 23 1004 45 45 45 998
WP 03:00:00 TS 16.10 128.30 45 1006 26 1003 45 46 45 998
WP 06:00:00 TS 16.10 128.10 1006 45 1006 29 1002 45 48 45 997
WP 09:00:00 TS 16.20 127.80 48 1006 34 1001 48 49 48 997
WP 12:00:00 TS 16.30 127.40 1006 50 1006 38 1000 50 50 50 996
WP 15:00:00 TS 16.30 127.10 53 1003 43 999 53 53 53 996
WP 18:00:00 TS 16.30 126.80 1000 55 1000 48 998 55 55 55 995
WP 21:00:00 TS 16.40 126.50 58 998 53 997 58 58 58 995
WP 1959-08-20 00:00:00 TS 16.40 126.10 996 60 996 58 996 60 60 60 994
WP 03:00:00 TS 16.50 125.80 65 996 58 993 65 63 64 993
WP 06:00:00 TS 16.60 125.50 995 70 995 58 990 70 65 68 992
WP 09:00:00 TS 16.70 125.10 70 993 58 990 70 68 69 991
WP 12:00:00 TS 16.90 124.80 990 70 990 58 990 70 70 70 989
WP 15:00:00 TS 17.00 124.50 70 988 63 989 70 72 71 988
WP 18:00:00 TS 17.10 124.10 985 70 985 68 988 70 74 72 986
WP 21:00:00 TS 17.20 123.90 75 985 73 987 75 76 75 984
WP 1959-08-21 00:00:00 TS 17.30 123.70 985 80 985 77 986 80 78 78 981
WP 03:00:00 TS 17.60 123.40 80 985 77 982 80 79 79 979
WP 06:00:00 TS 17.90 123.20 985 80 985 77 978 80 79 80 977
WP 09:00:00 TS 18.20 122.90 80 983 82 978 80 80 80 976
WP 12:00:00 TS 18.60 122.60 980 80 980 87 977 80 80 80 974
WP 15:00:00 TS 19.10 122.10 83 980 87 977 83 83 83 973
WP 18:00:00 TS 19.50 121.70 980 85 980 87 977 85 85 85 972
WP 21:00:00 TS 19.90 121.30 88 979 87 977 88 88 88 971
WP 1959-08-22 00:00:00 TS 20.30 120.90 978 90 978 87 976 90 90 90 970
WP 03:00:00 TS 20.80 120.50 90 974 92 971 90 87 90 969
WP 06:00:00 TS 21.40 120.20 970 90 970 97 965 90 84 90 967
WP 09:00:00 TS 22.00 119.80 85 968 97 965 85 81 84 969
WP 12:00:00 TS 22.60 119.40 965 80 965 97 965 80 78 78 971
WP 15:00:00 TS 23.30 118.80 70 965 87 970 70 71 68 976
WP 18:00:00 TS 23.90 118.30 965 60 965 77 975 60 64 58 981
WP 21:00:00 TS 24.40 117.90 55 973 50 985 55 57 54 987
WP 1959-08-23 00:00:00 TS 25.00 117.30 980 50 980 23 994 50 50 50 992
WP 03:00:00 TS 25.80 115.80 45 985 21 996 45
WP 06:00:00 MX 26.70 113.90 990 40 990 19 998 40
WP 09:00:00 TS 27.80 112.50 38 993 38
WP 12:00:00 TS 28.70 111.10 995 35 995 35
WP 15:00:00 TS 29.60 110.00 33 997 33
WP 18:00:00 TS 30.30 109.00 998 30 998 30

Source Information

Agency Information
USA bwp081959.txt
TOKYO bst_all.txt:Line=6939:IRIS:5908
CMA CH1959BST.txt:Storm=12:Iris
HKO
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824 w_npac.dat:313:IRIS
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-003:Line=18302
TD9635 typhoons-analogs_19450101-19761231.corrected:Line=6062
NEUMANN
MLC

All available IBTrACS Data

SEASON BASIN SUBBASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO PRES WMO AGENCY DIST2LAND LANDFALL IFLAG USA AGENCY USA ATCF_ID USA LAT USA LON USA WIND USA SSHS TOKYO LAT TOKYO LON TOKYO GRADE TOKYO PRES TOKYO R50_DIR TOKYO R30_DIR TOKYO LAND CMA LAT CMA LON CMA CAT CMA WIND CMA PRES DS824 LAT DS824 LON DS824 STAGE DS824 WIND TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE TD9636 WIND TD9635 LAT TD9635 LON TD9635 WIND TD9635 PRES TD9635 ROCI STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north kts mb km km degrees north mb nmile degrees north degrees east kts mb nmile nmile 1 degrees north degrees east 1 kts nmile degrees north 1 kts mb degrees north kts mb degrees north degrees east degrees north degrees east
1959 WP MM 1959-08-18 18:00:00 DS 16.00 129.70 616 586 __O____________ -5 16.00 129.70 0 1005 7 270
1959 WP MM 21:00:00 DS 16.00 129.30 576 508 __P____________ -5 16.00 129.30 0 1005 11 275
1959 WP MM 1959-08-19 00:00:00 TS 16.10 128.60 1006 tokyo 514 486 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 16.20 128.40 45 0 15.60 128.10 2 1006 0 0 0 16.00 129.00 1 23 1004 16.20 128.40 TC 45 16.20 128.40 2 45 16.20 128.40 45 998 120 10 275
1959 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 16.10 128.30 486 467 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 16.20 128.20 45 0 15.70 128.10 2 1006 0 0 16.00 128.70 1 26 1003 16.20 128.20 TC 45 16.20 128.10 2 46 16.20 128.20 45 998 150 5 280
1959 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 16.10 128.10 1006 tokyo 467 446 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 16.20 128.00 45 0 15.90 128.10 2 1006 0 0 0 16.00 128.30 1 29 1002 16.20 128.00 TC 45 16.30 127.90 2 48 16.20 128.00 45 997 180 6 285
1959 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 16.20 127.80 446 420 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 16.30 127.70 48 0 16.10 128.10 2 1006 0 0 16.10 127.90 1 34 1001 16.30 127.70 TC 48 16.30 127.60 2 49 16.30 127.70 48 997 180 6 285
1959 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 16.30 127.40 1006 tokyo 419 403 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 16.30 127.30 50 0 16.20 127.90 2 1006 0 0 0 16.20 127.50 2 38 1000 16.30 127.30 TC 50 16.30 127.30 2 50 16.30 127.30 50 996 180 6 280
1959 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 16.30 127.10 395 371 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 16.30 127.00 53 0 16.30 127.50 2 1003 0 0 16.20 127.10 2 43 999 16.30 127.00 TC 53 16.30 127.00 2 53 16.30 127.00 53 996 150 6 275
1959 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 16.30 126.80 1000 tokyo 371 349 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 16.30 126.80 55 0 16.40 127.00 2 1000 0 0 0 16.30 126.80 3 48 998 16.30 126.80 TC 55 16.30 126.70 2 55 16.30 126.80 55 995 120 6 275
1959 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 16.40 126.50 357 330 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 16.30 126.50 58 0 16.40 126.50 2 998 0 0 16.40 126.40 3 53 997 16.30 126.50 TC 58 16.40 126.40 2 58 16.30 126.50 58 995 120 7 280
1959 WP MM 1959-08-20 00:00:00 TS 16.40 126.10 996 tokyo 330 322 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 16.40 126.10 60 0 16.40 126.10 9 996 0 0 0 16.50 126.10 3 58 996 16.40 126.10 TC 60 16.40 126.10 2 60 16.40 126.10 60 994 120 7 285
1959 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 16.50 125.80 322 317 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 16.50 125.80 65 1 16.60 125.70 9 996 0 0 16.60 125.80 3 58 993 16.50 125.80 TC 65 16.50 125.80 2 63 16.50 125.80 64 993 120 7 290
1959 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 16.60 125.50 995 tokyo 318 288 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 16.60 125.50 70 1 16.80 125.30 9 995 0 0 0 16.70 125.50 3 58 990 16.60 125.50 TC 70 16.60 125.40 2 65 16.60 125.50 68 992 120 6 290
1959 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 16.70 125.10 277 245 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 16.70 125.20 70 1 16.90 125.00 9 993 0 0 16.90 125.20 3 58 990 16.70 125.20 TC 70 16.70 125.10 2 68 16.70 125.20 69 991 120 6 290
1959 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 16.90 124.80 990 tokyo 244 212 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 16.80 124.80 70 1 16.90 124.80 9 990 0 0 0 17.00 124.90 3 58 990 16.80 124.80 TC 70 16.80 124.80 3 70 16.80 124.80 70 989 120 7 290
1959 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 17.00 124.50 212 181 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 17.00 124.40 70 1 16.90 124.40 9 988 0 0 17.10 124.60 3 63 989 17.00 124.40 TC 70 16.90 124.50 3 72 17.00 124.40 71 988 120 7 295
1959 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 17.10 124.10 985 tokyo 170 150 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 17.20 124.10 70 1 17.00 124.10 9 985 0 0 0 17.10 124.20 4 68 988 17.20 124.10 TC 70 17.00 124.20 3 74 17.20 124.10 72 986 120 6 290
1959 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 17.20 123.90 150 131 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 17.30 123.90 75 1 17.10 123.80 9 985 0 0 17.10 123.80 4 73 987 17.30 123.90 TC 75 17.20 124.00 3 76 17.30 123.90 75 984 120 5 295
1959 WP MM 1959-08-21 00:00:00 TS 17.30 123.70 985 tokyo 131 111 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 17.40 123.70 80 1 17.20 123.60 9 985 0 0 0 17.20 123.50 4 77 986 17.40 123.70 TC 80 17.40 123.70 4 78 17.40 123.70 78 981 120 6 310
1959 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 17.60 123.40 111 101 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 17.60 123.50 80 1 17.50 123.40 9 985 0 0 17.40 123.40 4 77 982 17.60 123.50 TC 80 17.60 123.40 4 79 17.60 123.50 79 979 120 7 320
1959 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 17.90 123.20 985 tokyo 105 64 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 17.90 123.20 80 1 17.90 123.10 9 985 0 0 0 17.80 123.30 4 77 978 17.90 123.20 TC 80 17.90 123.10 4 79 17.90 123.20 80 977 120 8 320
1959 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 18.20 122.90 64 33 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 18.20 122.90 80 1 18.30 122.80 9 983 0 0 18.30 123.10 4 82 978 18.20 122.90 TC 80 18.20 122.80 4 80 18.20 122.90 80 976 120 9 320
1959 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 18.60 122.60 980 tokyo 38 30 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 18.50 122.50 80 1 18.80 122.50 9 980 0 0 0 18.80 122.80 5 87 977 18.50 122.50 TC 80 18.50 122.50 4 80 18.50 122.50 80 974 120 11 320
1959 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 19.10 122.10 78 78 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 18.90 122.10 83 2 19.40 122.10 9 980 0 0 19.30 122.40 5 87 977 18.90 122.10 TC 83 18.90 122.10 4 83 18.90 122.10 83 973 120 12 320
1959 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 19.50 121.70 980 tokyo 116 116 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 19.40 121.60 85 2 19.90 121.60 9 980 0 0 0 19.70 122.00 5 87 977 19.40 121.60 TC 85 19.30 121.70 4 85 19.40 121.60 85 972 120 12 320
1959 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 19.90 121.30 151 151 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 19.80 121.20 88 2 20.20 121.30 9 979 0 0 20.00 121.40 5 87 977 19.80 121.20 TC 88 19.80 121.30 4 88 19.80 121.20 88 971 120 11 320
1959 WP MM 1959-08-22 00:00:00 TS 20.30 120.90 978 tokyo 178 123 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 20.30 120.90 90 2 20.40 121.00 9 978 0 0 0 20.40 120.90 5 87 976 20.30 120.90 TC 90 20.30 120.90 4 90 20.30 120.90 90 970 120 12 320
1959 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 20.80 120.50 124 76 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 20.80 120.60 90 2 20.80 120.60 9 974 0 0 20.90 120.50 5 92 971 20.80 120.60 TC 90 20.80 120.50 4 87 20.80 120.60 90 969 120 13 325
1959 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 21.40 120.20 970 tokyo 76 75 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 21.40 120.20 90 2 21.30 120.10 9 970 0 0 0 21.40 120.10 5 97 965 21.40 120.20 TC 90 21.40 120.10 4 84 21.40 120.20 90 967 120 14 330
1959 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 22.00 119.80 75 75 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 22.00 119.80 85 2 21.90 119.80 9 968 0 0 22.00 119.80 5 97 965 22.00 119.80 TC 85 22.00 119.70 4 81 22.00 119.80 84 969 120 14 330
1959 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 22.60 119.40 965 tokyo 85 85 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 22.60 119.30 80 1 22.60 119.40 9 965 0 0 0 22.60 119.50 5 97 965 22.60 119.30 TC 80 22.60 119.30 4 78 22.60 119.30 78 971 120 16 325
1959 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 23.30 118.80 120 42 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 23.30 118.90 70 1 23.30 118.70 9 965 0 0 23.30 118.90 5 87 970 23.30 118.90 TC 70 23.20 118.80 4 71 23.30 118.90 68 976 90 16 325
1959 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 23.90 118.30 965 tokyo 42 0 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 23.90 118.40 60 0 23.90 118.10 9 965 0 0 0 24.00 118.20 4 77 975 23.90 118.40 TC 60 23.80 118.30 4 64 23.90 118.40 58 981 60 15 325
1959 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 24.40 117.90 10 0 PPP_______PPP__ WP081959 24.40 118.00 55 0 24.40 118.10 9 973 0 0 24.50 117.60 4 50 985 24.40 118.00 TC 55 24.40 117.80 4 57 24.50 117.90 54 987 90 14 320
1959 WP MM 1959-08-23 00:00:00 TS 25.00 117.30 980 tokyo 0 0 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP081959 25.00 117.30 50 0 25.00 117.80 9 980 0 0 0 25.00 116.60 1 23 994 25.00 117.30 TC 50 25.00 117.30 2 50 25.00 117.30 50 992 120 24 305
1959 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 25.80 115.80 0 0 PPP_______P____ WP081959 26.00 115.80 45 0 25.60 116.10 9 985 0 0 25.50 115.00 1 21 996 26.00 115.80 TC 45 2 35 300
1959 WP MM 06:00:00 MX 26.70 113.90 990 tokyo 0 0 OOO_______O____ jtwc_wp WP081959 27.00 114.00 40 0 26.40 114.00 9 990 0 0 0 26.10 113.10 0 19 998 27.00 114.00 TC 40 2 36 305
1959 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 27.80 112.50 0 0 PP________P____ WP081959 27.70 112.50 38 0 27.80 112.50 9 993 0 0 0 27.70 112.50 TC 38 2 32 310
1959 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 28.70 111.10 995 tokyo 0 0 OO________O____ jtwc_wp WP081959 28.50 111.00 35 0 29.20 111.40 2 995 0 0 0 28.50 111.00 TC 35 28 310
1959 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 29.60 110.00 0 0 PP________P____ WP081959 29.40 109.50 33 -1 29.80 111.00 2 997 0 0 29.40 109.50 TC 33 25 310
1959 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 30.30 109.00 998 tokyo 0 OO________O____ jtwc_wp WP081959 30.50 108.00 30 -1 30.00 111.00 2 998 0 0 0 30.50 108.00 TC 30 23 310