Storm history › West Pacific › 1987 season
Typhoon Orchid (1987)
Orchid was a Category 2 typhoon of the 1987 West Pacific season. It was tracked from January 6, 1987 to January 14, 1987, about 8 days, and covered 2,596 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 955 mb.
- Peak wind
- 110 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 typhoon
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 2,596 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 8.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 728th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Guchol (2023), Typhoon Tokage (2022), Typhoon In-Fa (2021) and 48 more.
- Lowest pressure: 656th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Typhoon Bulbul / Matmo (2019), Typhoon Ketsana (2009), Typhoon Wukong (2000) and 46 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1987 West Pacific season's ACE.