1946 Pacific typhoon season explained

Basin:WPac
Year:1947
First Storm Formed:March 27, 1946
Last Storm Dissipated:November 20, 1946
Track:1946 Pacific typhoon season summary.png
Strongest Storm Name:Lilly
Strongest Storm Pressure:927
Strongest Storm Winds:120
Average Wind Speed:1
Total Storms:19
Total Hurricanes:18
Total Intense:0 (unofficial)
Fatalities:Unknown
Damagespre:>
Atlantic Season:1946 Atlantic hurricane season
East Pacific Season:1942–48 Pacific hurricane seasons
North Indian Season:1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons

The 1946 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1946, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1946 Pacific hurricane season. At the time, tropical storms that formed within this region of the western Pacific were identified and named by the United States Armed Services, and these names are taken from the list that USAS publicly adopted before the 1945 season started.[1] [2]

Storms

Typhoon Barbara

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Track:Barbara 1946 track.png
Formed:March 27
Dissipated:April 7
1-Min Winds:100
Pressure:965

Typhoon Barbara formed on March 27, and moved west. It strengthened briefly to a category 3 with 115 mph winds. But shortly after, it began to weaken. Typhoon Barbara curved northward and then westward, in turn hitting the Philippines as a category 1. After making landfall, it curved back to the east and continued to weaken until April 7, when it dissipated.

Typhoon Charlotte

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Track:Charlotte 1946 track.png
Formed:May 11
Dissipated:May 17
1-Min Winds:80
Pressure:973

Charlotte formed in the open Pacific on May 11. It then dissipated on May 17.

Typhoon Dolly

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Track:Dolly 1946 track.png
Formed:June 17
Dissipated:June 23
1-Min Winds:110
Pressure:942

On June 17, Typhoon Dolly formed. It moved northwestward, only to strengthen. After passing by the Philippines, it reached its maximum intensity of 125 mph, a strong major hurricane. It rounded around Taiwan and made landfall on China's shoreline. It dissipated hours after on June 23.

Tropical Storm Elinor

Basin:WPac
Formed:June 23
Dissipated:June 25
1-Min Winds:50
Pressure:986

Elinor formed near Northern Luzon on June 23. However, due to the interaction with nearby Dolly, it didn't strengthened further and it dissipated on June 25.

Typhoon Ginny

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Track:Ginny 1946 track.png
Formed:June 30
Dissipated:July 2
1-Min Winds:80
Pressure:971

Ginny formed on June 30 in the open western Pacific. It then moved to the north, weakening and dissipated on July 2. No landmasses were affected.

Early-July Typhoon

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Track:Unnamed_1946.png
Formed:July 8
Dissipated:July 12
1-Min Winds:65
Pressure:980

A tropical storm was first noted in weather maps on July 8, near Palau. Moving to the northwest, it strengthened to a minimal typhoon before it hit Formosa as a weakening storm. It then crossed the Formosa Strait, before making another landfall near Xiamen on July 12. It was last noted on the same day.

The damages and deaths, if any, were unknown.

Typhoon Ingrid

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Track:Ingrid 1946 track.png
Formed:July 12
Dissipated:July 20
1-Min Winds:120
Pressure:944

Tropical Storm Ingrid formed July 12, immediately moving west. After strengthening, it briefly became a category four on July 15. It weakened to a category two and struck the northern part of the Philippines. Ingrid retained its strength until it hit Hong Kong and Macau. Right after it made landfall immediately to the west of Macau, it moved north and dissipated on July 20.

Typhoon Janie

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Track:Janie 1946 track.png
Formed:July 23
Dissipated:July 31
1-Min Winds:100
Pressure:946

Janie formed on July 23. It moved northwest and then curved west. It was then that she became a major hurricane with 115 mph winds. After heading westward for a while, Janie began curving the opposite direction. But that was short-lived; it began moving northwest and struck southern Japan. Janie traveled over the island and dissipated near Russias coast on July 31.

Typhoon Lilly

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Track:Lilly 1946 track.png
Formed:August 10
Dissipated:August 21
1-Min Winds:125
Pressure:927

On August 10, a disturbance managed to organize itself enough to be designated Tropical Storm Lilly. It moved in a generally northwest direction while intensifying at a moderate pace-becoming Typhoon Lilly shortly after its formation. Before Lilly moved over cold waters, it attained a peak intensity of 145 mph. It narrowly missed Japan's shoreline as a category two before striking Korea as a moderate tropical storm. Lilly dissipated on August 21, after eleven days of traveling in the western Pacific Ocean.

Typhoon Maggie

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:August 22
Dissipated:August 27
1-Min Winds:60
Pressure:980

Early September Typhoon

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:September 4
Dissipated:September 8
Pressure:994

Typhoon Opal

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:September 7
Dissipated:September 14
1-Min Winds:100
Pressure:962

Typhoon Opal is a Tropical Cyclone that formed in the Western Pacific in 1946. It reached category 3 status and struck The Philippines and China.

Typhoon Priscilla

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:September 8
Dissipated:September 19
1-Min Winds:100
Pressure:935

Typhoon Priscilla is a Category 3 typhoon that went out to sea during 1946.

Typhoon Querida

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:September 18
Dissipated:September 27
1-Min Winds:120
Pressure:937

On September 25, the typhoon passed over southern Taiwan with a minimum pressure of 937mbar, producing wind gusts of 198km/h. Across the island, Querida destroyed 373,748 houses, killed 154 people, and injured another 618. The storm also wrecked 564263ha of crops and forestry, killing 28,448 animals.[3]

Early October Philippine Typhoon

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:October 9
Dissipated:October 14
Pressure:1000

Mid October Typhoon

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:October 10
Dissipated:October 14
Pressure:990

Typhoon Alma

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:October 18
Dissipated:October 26
1-Min Winds:120
Pressure:929

Typhoon Betty

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:November 5
Dissipated:November 11
1-Min Winds:120
Pressure:938

Typhoon Dianne

Basin:WPac
Type1:typhoon
Formed:November 13
Dissipated:November 20
1-Min Winds:95
Pressure:968

Storm names

  • Barbara
  • Charlotte
  • Dolly
  • Elinor
  • Ginny
  • Ingrid
  • Janie
  • Lilly
  • Maggie
  • Opal
  • Priscilla
  • Querida
  • Alma
  • Betty
  • Dianne

See also

References

  1. Book: Landsea, Christopher W. Dorst, Neal M. June 1, 2014. Tropical Cyclone Frequently Asked Question. Subject: Tropical Cyclone Names: B1) How are tropical cyclones named?. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Research Division. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20181210075835/http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B1.html. December 10, 2018. live.
  2. 109. July 1958. Mariners Weather Log. 2. 4. 648466886. 0025-3367. Bristow, Gerald C. Naming hurricanes and typhoons. Cry, George. 2027/uc1.b3876059.
  3. Jean Kan Hsieh. Chiao-min Hsieh. Typhoons on the Southeastern Coast of China and Formosa. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 48. September 1955. August 16, 2016. PDF.

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