1860s Pacific typhoon seasons

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This article encompasses the 1860s Pacific typhoon seasons. The list is very incomplete; information on early typhoon seasons is patchy and relies heavily on individual observations of travellers and ships. There were no comprehensive records kept by a central organisation at this early time.

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1862 season

A typhoon struck near Hong Kong on July 27, killing around 80,000 people. [1] [2]

1863 season

Four typhoons struck the Philippines in 1863. One of which, a typhoon in December, killed 49 people. [3]

Several Royal Navy vessels reported a typhoon in the East China Sea that moved northeastward through the Ryukyu Islands and to the west of Kyushu on 15-16 August. [4] The HMS Euryalus reported a pressure of 990.6 mbar (29.25 inHg) in Kagoshima Bay at 4:00 AM on 16 August, [4] while serving as the flagship of Admiral Sir Augustus Kuper during the bombardment of Kagoshima. [5]

1864 season

A typhoon in 1864 struck Hong Kong. [3]

1865 season

There were 8 tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific in 1865, 7 of which were typhoons. [3]

1866 season

There were 5 tropical cyclones that affected the Philippines in 1866, 3 of which were typhoons. A typhoon in June killed five people, and another typhoon in September killed four people. [3] A northeasterly moving typhoon rolled through western Japan, entered the Sea of Japan, and passed just northwest of Hokkaido on 16 September. [6]

1867 season

There were five typhoons in the Western Pacific in 1867. A typhoon in September killed 1,800 people when it rose the waters of the Abra River. [3]

1868 season

There were two typhoons in the Western Pacific in 1868. [3]

1869 season

There were 3 tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific in 1869, 1 of which was a typhoon. [3]

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This article encompasses the 1850s Pacific typhoon seasons. The list is very incomplete; information on early typhoon seasons is patchy and relies heavily on individual observations of travellers and ships. There were no comprehensive records kept by a central organisation at this early time.

This article encompasses the 1870s Pacific typhoon seasons. While data is not available for every storm that occurred, some parts of the coastline were populated enough to give data of typhoon occurrences.

This article encompasses the 1890s Pacific typhoon seasons.

References

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