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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Irma (1981)
15 November 1981 · Western Pacific · Category 4
Typhoon Irma formed in the Western Pacific basin on 15 November 1981 and lasted 13 days. Its sustained winds reached 250 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 905 hPa. It made landfall in the Philippines. It killed at least 595 people.
- Formed
- 15 November 1981
- Dissipated
- 27 November 1981
- Duration
- 13 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 250 km/h (135 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 905 hPa
- Deaths
- 595
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Philippines139 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Elsie278 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Clara222 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Kit213 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Freda185 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Hazen185 km/h
- Cat. 2Typhoon Agnes176 km/h
- Cat. 2Typhoon Lee176 km/h
- Cat. 2Typhoon Thad157 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth