Editing Typhoon Tip (section)

== Records and meteorological statistics ==
[[File:Typhoonsizes.svg|left|thumb|Depictions of Typhoon Tip and [[Cyclone Tracy]] (one of the smallest tropical cyclones ever recorded) superimposed on a map of the United States.]]
Typhoon Tip was the largest tropical cyclone on record, with a diameter of {{convert|1380|mi|km|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}—almost double the previous record of {{convert|700|mi|km|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} in diameter set by [[Typhoon Marge (1951)|Typhoon Marge]] in August 1951.<ref>{{cite web|author=National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters|work=JetStream - Online School for Weather: Tropical Weather|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|title=Tropical Cyclone Structure|date=2010-01-05|access-date=2008-12-28|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/tropics/tc_structure.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207193757/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/tropics/tc_structure.htm|archive-date=2013-12-07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Bryan Norcross|title=Hurricane Almanac: The Essential Guide to Storms Past, Present, and Future|year=2007|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-37152-4|page=76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1NZpiI_3XgC|access-date=2016-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322143054/http://books.google.com/books?id=T1NZpiI_3XgC&dq|archive-date=2015-03-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rare Category&nbsp;5 hurricane is history in the making |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2005/09/rare-category-5-hurricane-history-making |date=2005-09-22 |newspaper=The Virginia Pilot |access-date=2011-12-31 |author=Steve Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120133516/http://hamptonroads.com/2005/09/rare-category-5-hurricane-history-making |archive-date=2012-01-20 }}</ref> At its largest, Tip was nearly half the size of the [[contiguous United States]].<ref>{{cite web|author=M. Ragheb |title=Natural Disasters and Man made Accidents |date=2011-09-25 |publisher=University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |access-date=2011-12-31 |url=https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mragheb/www/NPRE%20457%20CSE%20462%20Safety%20Analysis%20of%20Nuclear%20Reactor%20Systems/Natural%20Disasters%20and%20Man%20made%20Accidents.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326090251/https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mragheb/www/NPRE%20457%20CSE%20462%20Safety%20Analysis%20of%20Nuclear%20Reactor%20Systems/Natural%20Disasters%20and%20Man%20made%20Accidents.pdf |archive-date=2009-03-26 }}</ref> The temperature inside the [[eye (cyclone)|eye]] of Typhoon Tip at peak intensity was {{convert|30|°C|°F|lk=on}} and described as exceptionally high.<ref name="jtwc"/> With 10-minute sustained winds of {{convert|160|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, Typhoon Tip is the strongest cyclone in the complete tropical cyclone listing by the Japan Meteorological Agency.<ref name="jma"/>

The typhoon was also the most intense tropical cyclone on record, with a pressure of {{convert|870|mbar|inHg|sigfig=4|abbr=on}}, {{convert|5|mbar|inHg|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} lower than the previous record set by [[Typhoon June (1975)|Super Typhoon June]] in [[1975 Pacific typhoon season|1975]].<ref name="jtwc"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Jay Barnes|title=Florida's Hurricane History|publisher=Chapel Hill Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-8078-3068-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/floridashurrican00barn/page/n30 15]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/floridashurrican00barn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=National Weather Service |title=Super Typhoon Tip |year=2005 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=2014-06-23 |url=http://www.metar.no/jetstream/tropics/tip.htm |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181347/http://www.metar.no/jetstream/tropics/tip.htm |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref> The records set by Tip still technically stand, though with the end of routine [[reconnaissance aircraft]] flights in the western Pacific Ocean in August 1987, modern researchers have questioned whether Tip indeed remains the strongest. After a detailed study, three researchers determined that two typhoons, [[Typhoon Angela (1995)|Angela]] in 1995 and [[Typhoon Gay (1992)|Gay]] in 1992, registered higher [[Dvorak technique|Dvorak numbers]] than Tip, and concluded that one or both of the two may have therefore been more intense.<ref name="ams">{{cite conference|author1=Karl Hoarau|author2=Gary Padgett|author3=Jean-Paul Hoarau|year=2004|title=Have there been any typhoons stronger than Super Typhoon Tip?|publisher=American Meteorological Society|access-date=2011-12-05|url=http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/75465.pdf|conference=26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology|conference-url=http://ams.confex.com/ams/26HURR/techprogram/programexpanded_212.htm|location=Miami, Florida|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109011830/https://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/75465.pdf|archive-date=2013-11-09|url-status=live}}</ref> Other recent storms may have also been more intense than Tip at its peak; for instance, satellite-derived intensity estimates for [[Typhoon Haiyan]] of [[2013 Pacific typhoon season|2013]] indicated that its core pressure may have been as low as {{convert|858|mbar|inHg|sigfig=4|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=Satellite Services Division|year=2013|publisher=National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service|title=Typhoon 31W|access-date=June 23, 2014|url=http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/2013/tdata/wpac/31W.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111235534/http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/2013/tdata/wpac/31W.html|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the dearth of [[tropical cyclone observation|direct observations]] and [[Hurricane hunters]] into these cyclones, conclusive data is lacking.<ref name="ams"/> In October 2015, [[Hurricane Patricia]] reached an estimated peak intensity of {{convert|872|mbar|inHg}}, with maximum 1-minute sustained winds of {{convert|345|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}, making Patricia the second-most intense tropical cyclone recorded worldwide. However, the NHC noted in their report on the cyclone that Patricia may have surpassed Tip at the time of its peak intensity, as it was undergoing rapid intensification; however, due to the lack of direct aircraft observations at the time of the storm's peak, this possibility cannot be determined.<ref name="Patricia TCR">{{cite report|author1=Todd B. Kimberlain |author2=Eric S. Blake |author3=John P. Cangialosi |publisher=[[National Hurricane Center]]|date=February 1, 2016|access-date=February 4, 2016|title=Hurricane Patricia|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url={{NHC TCR url|id=EP202015_Patricia}}|format=PDF|location=Miami, Florida}}</ref>

Despite the typhoon's intensity and damage, the name ''Tip'' was not [[list of retired Pacific typhoon names|retired]] and was reused in [[1983 Pacific typhoon season|1983]], [[1986 Pacific typhoon season|1986]], and [[1989 Pacific typhoon season|1989]].<ref name="jma"/> The name was discontinued from further use in 1989, when the JTWC changed their naming list.<ref name="1989 report">{{cite report|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/atcr/1989atcr.pdf|title=1989 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report|author1=Robert J. Plante|author2=Charles P. Guard|work=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]|location=Pearl Harbor, Hawaii|date=6 July 1990|access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref>