Storm history › West Pacific › 1996 season
Typhoon Piper (1996)
Piper was a Category 1 typhoon of the 1996 West Pacific season. It was tracked from August 19, 1996 to August 26, 1996, about 8 days, and covered 3,026 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 996 mb.
- Peak wind
- 75 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 typhoon
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 3,026 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.7
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1228th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Trami (2024), Typhoon Ma-On (2022), Typhoon Champi (2021) and 91 more.
- Lowest pressure: 1766th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Sanba (2023), Tropical Storm Megi (2022), Tropical Storm Choi-Wan (2021) and 54 more.
- Energy: 1% of the 1996 West Pacific season's ACE.