Typhoon Opal path, 1967

What the record says

Opal was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 21 days, from 29 August 1967 to 19 September 1967. Its peak was Category 5 (155 kt) on 3 September 1967, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 155 kt (178 mph, 287 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 920 hPa.

• Category 5peak intensity
• 155 ktpeak wind (178 mph)
• 920 hPalowest pressure
• 21 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific).

It has its own page because it reached category 5 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

The record shows no landfall: the storm stayed at sea.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Japan

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.