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Typhoon Zack path, 1995

Western North Pacific basin, 21 October 1995 to 2 November 1995. Its recorded track is shown on the map and selected for you.

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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

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What the record says

Zack was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 12 days, from 21 October 1995 to 2 November 1995. Its peak was Category 4 (120 kt) on 30 October 1995, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 120 kt (138 mph, 222 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 950 hPa.

  • Category 4peak intensity
  • 120 ktpeak wind (138 mph)
  • 950 hPalowest pressure
  • 12 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific). The regional forecast centre (RSMC Tokyo (Japan Meteorological Agency)) gave a peak of 90 kt on its own averaging convention (10-minute winds), so the two figures differ.

It has its own page because it reached category 4 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.

Other notable storms of the 1995 Western North Pacific season

Other notable storms near Vietnam

  • Kalmaegi (2025)31 October 2025 to 7 November 2025, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 950 hPa, provisional
  • Lingling (2001)5 November 2001 to 12 November 2001, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 940 hPa
  • Tilda (1964)12 September 1964 to 25 September 1964, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 965 hPa
  • Lola (1993)27 November 1993 to 9 December 1993, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa
  • Son-Tinh (2012)21 October 2012 to 29 October 2012, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 945 hPa

The 1995 Western North Pacific season · All notable storms

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