▁surface ▁pressure ▁of ▁ 8 7 7   mb ▁( h Pa ; ▁ 2 5 . 9 1   in H g ) ▁just ▁inside ▁the ▁e y ew all ▁of ▁the ▁ty ph oon . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁maximum ▁wind s ▁were ▁estimated ▁to ▁have ▁pe aked ▁at ▁ 2 9 5   km / h ▁( 1 8 5   m ph ). ▁This ▁intensity ▁ranked ▁N ora ▁as ▁the ▁most - int ense ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁on ▁record ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁alongside ▁Ty ph oon ▁I da ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁However , ▁in ▁post - st orm ▁analysis , ▁it ▁was ▁noted ▁that ▁since ▁the ▁dro pson de ▁did ▁not ▁record ▁a ▁pressure ▁at ▁the ▁storm ' s ▁center , ▁N ora ▁was ▁likely ▁slightly ▁stronger ▁than ▁indicated . ▁Since ▁then , ▁N ora ' s ▁intensity ▁has ▁been ▁sur pass ed ▁by ▁three ▁other ▁storm s : ▁Ty ph oon ▁June ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁Ty ph oon ▁T ip ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁and ▁H urr icane ▁Pat ric ia ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁storm ' s ▁extreme ▁intensity , ▁it ▁quickly ▁began ▁to ▁weak en ▁as ▁it ▁approached ▁the ▁Philippines ▁on ▁October   6 . ▁Within ▁ten   h ours , ▁the ▁pressure ▁rose ▁to ▁ 8 9 4   mb ▁( h Pa ; ▁ 2 6 . 4 0   in H g ) ▁and ▁later