Storm history › West Pacific › 1979 season
Tropical Storm Faye (1979)
Faye was a tropical storm of the 1979 West Pacific season. It was tracked from June 28, 1979 to July 9, 1979, about 11 days, and covered 3,081 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
- Peak wind
- 45 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 3,081 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.8
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1817th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (2024), Tropical Storm Leepi (2024), Tropical Storm Megi (2022) and 95 more.
- Lowest pressure: 1487th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Etau (2026), Tropical Depression Maliksi (2024), Tropical Storm Jangmi (2020) and 91 more.
- Energy: 0% of the 1979 West Pacific season's ACE.