World and Eastern Hemisphere: Tropical Cyclone: Most Intense Tropical Cyclone (by Central Pressure)

Global: Tropical Cyclone: Most Intense Tropical Cyclone (by Central Pressure)

Record Value	870 mb (25.69")
Date of Event	12/10/1979
Length of Record	1951-present
Geospatial Location	Pressure Estimated in Eye of Typhoon Tip [16°44'N, 137°46'E]
Instrumentation	Tropical Cyclone Dropsonde

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 Sypertyphoon 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