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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Skip (1988)
3 November 1988 · Western Pacific · Category 4
Typhoon Skip formed in the Western Pacific basin on 3 November 1988 and lasted 10 days. Its sustained winds reached 232 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 950 hPa. It made landfall in the Philippines.
- Formed
- 3 November 1988
- Dissipated
- 12 November 1988
- Duration
- 10 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 232 km/h (125 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 950 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Philippines209 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Nelson259 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Ruby232 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Roy213 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Warren213 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Doyle213 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Hal194 km/h
- Cat. 1Tropical Storm Tess120 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth