Storm history › West Pacific › 1978 season
Tropical Storm Tess (1978)
Tess was a tropical storm of the 1978 West Pacific season. It was tracked from October 31, 1978 to November 8, 1978, about 8 days, and covered 3,505 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 964 mb.
- Peak wind
- 70 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 964 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 3,505 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.9
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1326th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Mun (2025), Tropical Storm Prapiroon (2024), Tropical Storm Damrey (2023) and 94 more.
- Lowest pressure: 820th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Typhoon Kajiki (2025), Typhoon Talim (2023), Typhoon Neoguri (2019) and 1 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1978 West Pacific season's ACE.