Storm history › West Pacific › 1979 season
Typhoon Lola (1979)
Lola was a Category 2 typhoon of the 1979 West Pacific season. It was tracked from August 31, 1979 to September 10, 1979, about 10 days, and covered 3,148 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 950 mb.
- Peak wind
- 105 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 typhoon
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 3,148 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 8.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 781st highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Ewiniar (2024), Typhoon Roke (2022), Typhoon Nesat (2022) and 101 more.
- Lowest pressure: 576th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Typhoon Jongdari (2018), Typhoon Amber (1997), Typhoon Zane (1996) and 54 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1979 West Pacific season's ACE.