Storm history › West Pacific › 1983 season
Typhoon Marge (1983)
Marge was a Category 5 typhoon of the 1983 West Pacific season. It was tracked from October 26, 1983 to November 8, 1983, about 14 days, and covered 6,377 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 165 mph (270 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 895 mb.
- Peak wind
- 165 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 895 mb
- Strongest
- Category 5 typhoon
- Duration
- 14 days
- Track length
- 6,377 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 5.2
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 109th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Yagi (2024), Typhoon Hinnamnor (2022), Typhoon Noru (2022) and 16 more.
- Lowest pressure: 30th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Typhoon Wutip (2019), Typhoon Meranti (2016), Typhoon Haiyan (2013) and 13 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1983 West Pacific season's ACE.