1983 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Tip (Auring) TC
Typhoon Tip (Auring)	TC
Current storm status; (JMA)
Current storm status; (1-min mean)
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Sustained winds:	gusting to 75
Pressure:	975
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Tropical storm Sarah TC
Tropical storm Sarah	TC
Current storm status; (JMA)
Current storm status; (1-min mean)
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Location:	Philippines Vietnam
Sustained winds:	gusting to 40 mph
Pressure:	998
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1983 Pacific Typhoon Season
First storm formed	June 8 1983
Last storm dissipated	December 20 1983
Strongest storm	Forrest – 885 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)
	32
	23
Tropical cyclones	10
	4 (unoffical)
Total fatalities	1,021 total
Total damage	$397 million (1983 USD)
	seasons; 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

The 1983 Pacific typhoon season was a series of meteorological events in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean happening from June 1983 to December 1983. It was the latest start of a Pacific typhoon season on record. 32 tropical depressions happened this year, of which only 23 turned into tropical storms and were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Of the 23 tropical storms, one started in June, three started in July, five started in August, two started in September, six started in October, five started in November, and one started in December. The Japan Meteorological Agency says ten storms got to typhoon intensity, and of that number, four got to super typhoon strength. Fifteen of the tropical storms reached land, with six moving through the Philippines, six going onto China, six moving into Vietnam, and three moving in Japan. Vera, Wayne, Kim, and Lex led to over half of the deaths from tropical cyclones during this season. Forrest became the fastest-developing tropical storm on record for the western Pacific Ocean, with a pressure drop of 92 hectopascals (2.7 inHg) in a 24‑hour time.

Systems

Tropical storm Sarah

When Tropical Storm Sarah started in the South China Sea on June 24, it became the latest start of a western Pacific season since 1973. The first tropical change happened south of Guam on June 16. By June 19, a low level rotation was created as the system moved westward. As a tropical change, the low went through the Philippines with light winds. The system finally turned into a tropical depression and then a tropical storm on June 25. Sarah moved west-northwestward across the South China Sea, making landfall in Central Vietnam before going away on June 26. Damage across the Philippines was equal to 2.77 billion Philippine Pesos (1983 pesos), or US$249.3 million (1983 dollars).