World: Lowest Sea Level Air Pressure (excluding tornadoes)
World: Lowest Sea Level Air Pressure (excluding tornadoes)
Record Value | 870 hPa |
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Date of Event | 12 / 10 [October] / 1979 |
Length of Record | 1951-present |
Geospatial Location | Pressure Estimated in Eye of Typhoon Tip [16°44'N, 137°46'E] |
Reference
Krause and Flood, 1997: Weather and Climate Extremes, US Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Centerpp. 89; , Dunnavan, G.M. and J.W. Diercks, 1980: "An analysis of Supertyphoon Tip (October 1979)" Mon. Wea. Rev., 180:1915-1923
Discussion
A US Air Weather Service reconnaissance aircraft recorded an onboard measurement of 700 hPa at a height of only 1900 m and a dropsonde measurement of 870 hPa
Previous Record
877 hPa on 24/9/1958, 1200 km (750 mi) east of Luzon (Typhoon Ida) Foreign Branch, 1968: Worldwide extremes of temperature, precipitation and pressure recorded by continental ara, U.S Dept. of Commerce; Environmental Sciences Services Administration pp. 4;
Additional Images

Overhead satellite view of Typhoon Tip

Alternate overhead satellite view of Typhoon Tip

Closeup Satellite Images of Pacific Region for Dropsonde into Typhoon Tip
Regional Satellite Images of Pacific Region for Dropsonde into Typhoon Tip