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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Abby (1983)
31 July 1983 · Western Pacific · Category 5
Typhoon Abby formed in the Western Pacific basin on 31 July 1983 and lasted 24 days. Its sustained winds reached 269 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 895 hPa. It made landfall in Japan. It killed at least 7 people.
- Formed
- 31 July 1983
- Dissipated
- 24 August 1983
- Duration
- 24 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 269 km/h (145 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 895 hPa
- Deaths
- 7
Countries Hit
- TSJapan107 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Forrest278 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Marge269 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Wayne250 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Orchid232 km/h
- Cat. 2Typhoon Vera167 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Kim74 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth