1952 Pacific typhoon season explained

Basin:WPac
Year:1952
Track:1952 Pacific typhoon season summary map.png
First Storm Formed:May 5, 1952
Last Storm Dissipated:January 4, 1953
(record latest)
Strongest Storm Name:Wilma
Strongest Storm Pressure:893
Strongest Storm Winds:160
Total Storms:29
Total Hurricanes:20
Total Intense:6 (unofficial)
Fatalities:1,070
Average Wind Speed:1
Five Seasons:1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
Atlantic Season:1952 Atlantic hurricane season
East Pacific Season:1952 Pacific hurricane season
North Indian Season:1950s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons

The 1952 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds, 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 1952 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.

Season summary

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Systems

Typhoon Charlotte

Basin:WPac
Track:Charlotte 1952 track.png
Formed:June 10
Dissipated:June 15
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:85
Pressure:960

Typhoon Charlotte formed on June 10, near the Philippines. It then strengthened and made landfall as a minimal typhoon near Hong Kong before dissipating on June 15.

Typhoon Dinah

Basin:WPac
Track:Dinah 1952 track.png
Formed:June 19
Dissipated:June 25
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:75
Pressure:960

See main article: Typhoon Dinah (1952). On June 23, Dinah struck to the west of the Kanto Region in Japan. 65 people were killed and 70 were missing.[1]

Typhoon Emma

Basin:WPac
Track:Emma 1952 track.png
Formed:June 28
Dissipated:July 6
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:110
Pressure:973

Typhoon Emma hit the Philippines and South China, especially Hainan Island.

Tropical Storm Freda

Basin:WPac
Track:Freda 1952 track.png
Formed:July 11
Dissipated:July 15
Type1:nwpstorm
1-Min Winds:45
Pressure:995

Freda weakened to a tropical depression before hitting Kyushu.

Tropical Storm Gilda

Basin:WPac
Formed:July 15
Dissipated:July 20
Type1:nwpstorm
1-Min Winds:50
Pressure:990

Tropical Storm Gilda hit China as a tropical storm.

Typhoon Harriet

Basin:WPac
Formed:July 26
Dissipated:July 30
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:100
Pressure:980

Harriet hit China as a Category 3 typhoon, with winds of .

Tropical Storm Ivy

Basin:WPac
Formed:August 2
Dissipated:August 8
Type1:nwpstorm
1-Min Winds:45
Pressure:990

Tropical Storm Jeanne

Basin:WPac
Formed:August 4
Dissipated:August 7
Type1:nwpstorm
1-Min Winds:40
Pressure:985

Typhoon Karen

Basin:WPac
Formed:August 10
Dissipated:August 20
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:85
Pressure:955

Typhoon Karen struck land, mostly Korea and Japan.

Typhoon Lois

Basin:WPac
Formed:August 22
Dissipated:August 30
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:75
Pressure:975

Typhoon Mary

Basin:WPac
Formed:August 29
Dissipated:September 4
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:65
Pressure:985

Typhoon Nona

Basin:WPac
Formed:September 2
Dissipated:September 8
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:80
Pressure:980

Tropical Storm 12W

Basin:WPac
Formed:September 7
Dissipated:September 14
Type1:nwpdepression
1-Min Winds:40
Pressure:995

Typhoon Olive

Basin:WPac
Track:Olive 1952 track.png
Formed:September 13
Dissipated:September 21
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:160
Pressure:940

See main article: Typhoon Olive (1952). The strongest Pacific typhoon in 1952, Olive developed about 1600miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii on September 13. The next day, the system intensified into a tropical storm. Rapidly intensifying, Olive became a typhoon on September 15. The next day, Olive strengthened into a Category 5-equivelant cyclone on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Olive weakened into a Category 2 typhoon before recurving northeast. On September 19, the cyclone weakened further, becoming a severe tropical storm. it then transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and was last monitored on September 21.[2]

Olive produced significant damage on Wake Island, where wind gusts reached 142mph. Significant flooding was reported, and the majority of the structures were destroyed. However, few injuries were reported, and the island's facilities were restored the next year. Typhoon Olive remains one of the most intense tropical cyclones to affect the island.

Tropical Storm 14W

Basin:WPac
Formed:September 16
Dissipated:September 19
Type1:nwpdepression
1-Min Winds:35
Pressure:996

Typhoon Polly

Basin:WPac
Formed:September 26
Dissipated:October 3
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:70
Pressure:975

Typhoon Rose

Basin:WPac
Formed:October 4
Dissipated:October 10
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:80
Pressure:985

Tropical Storm Shirley

Basin:WPac
Formed:October 14
Dissipated:October 15
1-Min Winds:40
Type1:nwpstorm
Pressure:995

Shirley tracked through Vietnam. Shirley weakened to a tropical depression before hitting Vietnam.

Typhoon Trix

Basin:WPac
Track:Trix 1952 track.png
Formed:October 15
Dissipated:October 26
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:120
Pressure:965

Typhoon Trix was a deadly typhoon that struck the Philippines as a Category 3 typhoon. It struck the Bicol region, killing 995 people.[3]

Typhoon Vae

Basin:WPac
Formed:October 17
Dissipated:October 20
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:65
Pressure:974

After striking Vietnam, Vae crossed over to the North Indian Ocean before dissipating.

Typhoon Wilma

Basin:WPac
Formed:October 21
Dissipated:October 31
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:160
Pressure:893

Typhoon Wilma (not to be confused with Hurricane Wilma of 2005) was a powerful typhoon, reaching Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS)

Typhoon Agnes

Basin:WPac
Formed:October 28
Dissipated:November 7
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:150
Pressure:920

Typhoon Agnes was a strong Category 5 that stayed out to sea without causing much impact to land.

Typhoon Bess

Basin:WPac
Formed:November 9
Dissipated:November 16
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:100
Pressure:915

Typhoon Carmen

Basin:WPac
Formed:November 15
Dissipated:November 22
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:110
Pressure:950

Typhoon Della

Basin:WPac
Formed:November 22
Dissipated:November 27
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:150
Pressure:980

Typhoon Elaine

Basin:WPac
Formed:December 4
Dissipated:December 6
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:45
Pressure:990

Typhoon Faye

Basin:WPac
Formed:December 16
Dissipated:December 19
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:45
Pressure:990

Typhoon Gloria

Basin:WPac
Formed:December 16
Dissipated:December 25
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:130
Pressure:990

Typhoon Hester

Basin:WPac
Formed:December 27
Dissipated:January 4
Type1:typhoon
1-Min Winds:160
Pressure:950

See main article: Typhoon Hester (1952). Typhoon Hester remained in the open sea. Despite this, Enewetak Atoll experienced severe flooding..

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=195202&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
  2. Web site: Joint Typhoon Warning Center . 1952 Joint Typhoon Warning Center "best track" data . January 18, 2009 . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  3. Web site: ::..Typhoon2000.com: 30 Worst Typhoons of the Philippines (1947-2002)..:: . 2015-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090317055722/http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stats/WorstPhilippineTyphoons.htm . 2009-03-17 . dead .

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