Storm history › West Pacific › 1979 season
Typhoon Bess (1979)
Bess was a Category 2 typhoon of the 1979 West Pacific season. It was tracked from March 18, 1979 to March 25, 1979, about 7 days, and covered 2,171 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 955 mb.
- Peak wind
- 105 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 typhoon
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 2,171 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 7.2
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 781st highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Ewiniar (2024), Typhoon Roke (2022), Typhoon Nesat (2022) and 101 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 1979 West Pacific season's ACE.