NotoSans wrote:FireRat wrote:Typhoons are definitely the kings of the tropics, 898, gosh! Amazing the ship even survived that one!
As for landfallers, I remember reading once that the typhoon of Nov 1987, Nina I believe, struck the Philippines as a maxed-out Cat 5 and a pressure of 891 mb was measured at landfall. Always was curious about that one and if that reading was indeed real.
Edit: I found some info on this, and yeah it looks like it may have been that low according to the link below:
https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1874548
The 891mb pressure was derived from the Atkinson-Holiday wind-pressure relationship and the 145KT JTWC best track intensity. Lowest pressure recorded in the Philippines at landfall should be 909.5mb for Nina.
I see! 891 is crazy, would've edged out the Labor Day hurricane landfall by 1 mb. Thanks for the clarification!
909 is still quite powerful for a landfall, ouch!
Easily among the top landfallers.