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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Oliwa (1997)
28 August 1997 · Eastern Pacific · Category 5
Typhoon Oliwa formed in the Eastern Pacific basin on 28 August 1997 and lasted 22 days. Its sustained winds reached 259 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 915 hPa. It made landfall in Japan.
- Formed
- 28 August 1997
- Dissipated
- 19 September 1997
- Duration
- 22 days
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 259 km/h (140 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 915 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Japan139 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Hurricane Linda296 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Paka296 km/h
- Cat. 5Hurricane Guillermo259 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Jimena222 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Felicia213 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Nora213 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Pauline213 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Enrique185 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth