C5category 5
Typhoon Herb (1996)
Typhoon Herb formed in the Western Pacific on 21 July 1996 and faded on 4 August 1996. Peak wind 259 km/h (140 kt), category 5, lowest pressure 925 hPa. Landfall: China, Taiwan.
259 km/hPeak wind · 140 kt
925 hPaLowest pressure
14.3 daysDuration
5,892 kmTrack length · ACE 37.2
C5 · category 5C4 · category 4C3 · category 3C2 · category 2C1 · category 1TS · tropical stormTD · tropical depression
Wind along the track
km/h · UTC
Landfalls
Towns within 100 km of the track
Fuzhou73 km · 130 km/h
Ji'an60 km · 74 km/h
New Taipei City39 km · 139 km/h
Putian66 km · 130 km/h
Taichung90 km · 139 km/h
Nanping93 km · 130 km/h
Sanming42 km · 111 km/h
Taipei43 km · 139 km/h
Fuqing73 km · 176 km/h
Xinyu72 km · 74 km/h
Cangshan72 km · 130 km/h
Fengcheng93 km · 74 km/h
Zhangshu76 km · 74 km/h
Hsinchu23 km · 139 km/h
Keelung66 km · 139 km/h
Yong'an31 km · 111 km/h
Zhubei20 km · 139 km/h
Gongqing85 km · 74 km/h
Neili20 km · 139 km/h
Toufen32 km · 139 km/h
Yilan56 km · 139 km/h
Miaoli46 km · 139 km/h
Tantou81 km · 176 km/h
Jiangkou76 km · 130 km/h