1953 Pacific typhoon season explained
| Basin: | WPac |
| Year: | 1953 |
| Track: | 1953 Pacific typhoon season summary map.png |
| First Storm Formed: | February 18, 1953 |
| Last Storm Dissipated: | December 22, 1953 |
| Strongest Storm Name: | Nina |
| Strongest Storm Pressure: | 885 |
| Strongest Storm Winds: | 160 |
| Total Storms: | 24 |
| Total Hurricanes: | 17 |
| Total Intense: | 5 (unofficial) |
| Fatalities: | 430 |
| Average Wind Speed: | 1 |
| Five Seasons: | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 |
| Atlantic Season: | 1953 Atlantic hurricane season |
| East Pacific Season: | 1953 Pacific hurricane season |
| North Indian Season: | 1950s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons |
The 1953 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1953, 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 1953 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.
Systems
Typhoon Irma
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | February 18 |
| Dissipated: | February 25 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 100 |
| Pressure: | 980 |
This storm weakened and dissipated before it hit the Philippines.
Typhoon Judy
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | May 28 |
| Dissipated: | June 7 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 120 |
| Pressure: | 940 |
Judy skirted the Philippines[1] and Taiwan then struck the Southern Japanese island of Kyushu. 37 people were killed and 15 were missing.[2]
Tropical Storm 04W
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | June 21 |
| Dissipated: | July 2 |
| Type1: | nwpstorm |
| 1-Min Winds: | 40 |
| Pressure: | 1000 |
Super Typhoon Kit
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | June 25 |
| Dissipated: | July 8 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 150 |
| Pressure: | 910 |
Typhoon Lola
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | July 23 |
| Dissipated: | August 3 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 80 |
| Pressure: | 970 |
Typhoon Mamie
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | July 30 |
| Dissipated: | August 8 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 100 |
| Pressure: | 980 |
Super Typhoon Nina
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | August 8 |
| Dissipated: | August 18 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 160 |
| Pressure: | 885 |
Nina was a major storm. It made landfall in China as a Category 4 tropical cyclone.
Tropical Storm 09W
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | August 9 |
| Dissipated: | August 11 |
| Type1: | nwpdepression |
| 1-Min Winds: | 45 |
Typhoon Ophelia
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | August 12 |
| Dissipated: | August 16 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 100 |
| Pressure: | 960 |
Ophelia hit Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Typhoon Phyllis
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | August 15 |
| Dissipated: | August 22 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 75 |
| Pressure: | 975 |
Typhoon Rita
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | August 23 |
| Dissipated: | September 2 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 125 |
| Pressure: | 940 |
Rita hit China as a tropical storm.
Tropical Storm 13W
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | August 26 |
| Dissipated: | August 29 |
| Type1: | nwpstorm |
| 1-Min Winds: | 55 |
| Pressure: | 995 |
Typhoon Susan
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | September 15 |
| Dissipated: | September 20 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 110 |
| Pressure: | 970 |
Susan hit Hong Kong.[3]
Super Typhoon Tess
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | September 17 |
| Dissipated: | September 27 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 150 |
| Pressure: | 900 |
See main article: Typhoon Tess (1953). Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. 393 people were killed and 85 were missing.[4]
Tropical Storm 16W
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | September 25 |
| Dissipated: | September 28 |
| Type1: | nwpstorm |
| 1-Min Winds: | 40 |
| Pressure: | 1000 |
JMA Tropical Storm 15
| Type: | nwpstorm |
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | October 1 |
| Dissipated: | October 3 |
| Pressure: | 999 |
Typhoon Viola
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | October 3 |
| Dissipated: | October 8 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 100 |
| Pressure: | 965 |
Typhoon Winnie
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | October 6 |
| Dissipated: | October 9 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 65 |
| Pressure: | 990 |
Typhoon Alice
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | October 11 |
| Dissipated: | October 23 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 100 |
| Pressure: | 915 |
See main article: Typhoon Alice (1953).
Typhoon Betty
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | October 25 |
| Dissipated: | November 2 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 130 |
| Pressure: | 965 |
Betty hit Hong Kong and then took an unusual track; going from west to east.
Typhoon Cora
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | November 8 |
| Dissipated: | November 20 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| 1-Min Winds: | 120 |
| Pressure: | 960 |
Cora crossed the northern Philippines and hit its peak strength, then rapidly weakened and dissipated.
Tropical Storm 22W
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | November 25 |
| Dissipated: | November 29 |
| Type1: | nwpstorm |
| 1-Min Winds: | 40 |
| Pressure: | 1000 |
Tropical Storm 23W
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | November 28 |
| Dissipated: | December 3 |
| Type1: | nwpstorm |
| 1-Min Winds: | 40 |
| Pressure: | 1000 |
Super Typhoon Doris
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | December 9 |
| Dissipated: | December 22 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 150 |
| Type1: | typhoon |
| Pressure: | 935 |
A rare late-season Super Typhoon. Doris did not affect land, but caused nine fatalities when a USAF PB4Y-2 disappeared during a flight into the typhoon.[5]
Storm names
- Irma
- Judy
- Kit
- Lola
- Mamie
- Nina
- Ophelia
- Phyllis
- Rita
| - Susan
- Tess
- Viola
- Winnie
- Alice
- Betty
- Cora
- Doris
| |
See also
Notes and References
- News: Typhoon Skirts Philippines. June 3, 1953. The New York Times. January 3, 2021.
- http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=195302&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
- Web site: Significant storm surge events in Hong Kong before 1953. 2020-08-11. www.hko.gov.hk. en.
- Web site: Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 195313 (TESS) - Disaster Information. 2020-08-30. agora.ex.nii.ac.jp.
- https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/the-6-lost-hurricane-hunter-missions-part-iii-typhoon-doris-1953.html "The 6 lost Hurricane Hunter missions, Part III: Typhoon Doris, 1953"
