Storm history › West Pacific › 1996 season
Typhoon Joy (1996)
Joy was a Category 1 typhoon of the 1996 West Pacific season. It was tracked from July 25, 1996 to August 6, 1996, about 12 days, and covered 2,981 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
- Peak wind
- 85 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 typhoon
- Duration
- 12 days
- Track length
- 2,981 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 7.4
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 1043rd highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Chaba (2022), Typhoon Kulap (2022), Typhoon Nalgae (2022) and 97 more.
- Lowest pressure: 1141st lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Peipah (2025), Typhoon Conson (2021), Typhoon Mekkhala (2020) and 115 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1996 West Pacific season's ACE.