1948 Pacific typhoon season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | January 11, 1948 |
Last system dissipated | December 16, 1948 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | Libby |
• Maximum winds | 230 km/h (145 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
• Lowest pressure | 924 hPa (mbar) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total storms | 26 |
Typhoons | 15 |
Super typhoons | 1 (unofficial) |
Total fatalities | Unknown |
Total damage | Unknown |
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The 1948 Pacific typhoon season was an average season. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1948, 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 1948 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]
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | January 11 – January 19 |
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Peak intensity | 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min); 936 hPa (27.64 inHg) hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon Karen, one of the earliest recorded super typhoons, developed on January 11, well west of the Philippines. It curved westward while slowly intensifying. After a prolonged period of slow intensification, the tropical cyclone began to rapidly strengthen. It became a super typhoon on January 16. Shortly after, it weakened and dissipated on January 19.
It struck Yap on January 14, damaging and destroying establishments and houses on the island. [3] It also wrecked the roofs of some U.S. warehouses and buildings, and downed power lines. [3] A food warehouse were washed out; however, some food supplies survived. [3]
After the typhoon, the navy transported some relief supplies to the populated island. [3] No deaths were reported. [3]
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | May 16 – May 20 |
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Peak intensity | 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 971 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon Lana, the second system of the season, formed on May 16, west of the Philippines. It moved to the north-northeast while intensifying, reaching its peak intensity somewhere on May 18 and 19. It then weakened, until it was last noted on May 20 as it merged with a cold front.
Warnings were issued for Yap, Palau, Guam and Ulithi in preparations for the storm. [4] All ships in these islands were instructed to escape to Sangley Point due to the approaching typhoon. [5]
A plane in Guam encountered the strength of the typhoon; however, it escaped its fury. [5] Eighteen individuals were reported dead in Yap when their canoe sank during the storm. [5] The damage, however, was minimal. [5]
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | May 29 – June 2 |
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Peak intensity | 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 964 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon Mabel is also known as Hurricane Mabel or Hurricane Dipper. It was the seventeenth depression of the typhoon season, the twelfth typhoon, and the second super typhoon. Mabel was a powerful cyclone that first formed near Hawaii. It then went westward, remaining as a severe tropical storm before entering the warm waters of the West Pacific, where explosive intensification took place, going to a maximum wind speed of 200mph and a minimum pressure of 870 mbar. The storm then severely impacted the Philippines and Japan, becoming the most destructive typhoon to strike the Philippines and Japan.
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | June 9 – June 11 |
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Peak intensity | 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min); 986 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon Nadine formed as a tropical depression over the Atlantic Ocean on September 11, 2012, and strengthened to a tropical storm the next day. Nadine's status between September 12 and October 1 varied between tropical storm, subtropical storm, and Category 1 hurricane, but the storm persisted. On October 1, 2012, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Nadine was located about 705 miles (1,135 kilometers) west of the Azores, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles (110 kilometers) per hour. [6]
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | June 10 – June 11 |
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Peak intensity | 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min); 991 hPa (mbar) |
Ophelia formed on June 10 in the South China Sea. It moved west and struck southern China. It dissipated the next day, without attaining maximum sustained winds any higher than 45 miles per hour (72 km/h).
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | July 1 – July 8 |
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Peak intensity | 165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min); 960 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | July 23 – July 28 |
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Peak intensity | 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min); 981 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | August 4 – August 6 |
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Peak intensity | 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min); 976 hPa (mbar) |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | August 8 – August 14 |
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Peak intensity | 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min); 988 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | August 10 – August 14 |
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Peak intensity | 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min); 990 hPa (mbar) |
Tropical Storm Dolores was tracked by the Air Weather Service located on Guam. At one point, a tropical storm was identified and assigned the name Eunice. Post analysis showed that Tropical Storm Dolores was north of the forecast location and was synonymous with the system assigned Eunice. [7]
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | August 20 – August 23 |
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Peak intensity | 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min); 990 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | August 27 – September 4 |
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Peak intensity | 155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min); 976 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | September 2 – September 7 |
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Peak intensity | 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 966 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | September 11 – September 17 |
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Peak intensity | 220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min); 925 hPa (mbar) |
A Tropical Storm formed on September 11 and soon turned toward Japan as it gained strength. Ione soon reached category 4 intensity on September 14. Ione then began to lose strength and became a category 1 on September 16. Then, Ione struck Japan in that day killing 838 people. [8] Ione further weakened and became a Tropical Storm on the 17th. Ione then dissipated.
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | September 11 – September 18 |
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Peak intensity | 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 962 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | September 24 – September 28 |
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Peak intensity | 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min); 989 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | September 29 – October 7 |
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Peak intensity | 230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min); 924 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | October 4 – October 8 |
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Peak intensity | 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 943 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | October 11 – October 12 |
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Peak intensity | 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min); 992 hPa (mbar) |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | October 16 – October 19 |
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Peak intensity | 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min); 994 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | October 27 – October 31 |
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Peak intensity | 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min); 987 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | November 4 – November 11 |
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Peak intensity | 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 957 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | November 13 – November 20 |
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Peak intensity | 175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min); 939 hPa (mbar) |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | November 29 – December 2 |
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Peak intensity | 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min); 997 hPa (mbar) |
Typhoon (JMA) | |
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Duration | December 2 – December 10 |
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Peak intensity | 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 947 hPa (mbar) |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | December 12 – December 16 |
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Peak intensity | 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min); 997 hPa (mbar) |
Between 23 July and 4 August, the name Annabell was assigned to a North West Pacific system. The Air Weather Service issued a bulletin issued and tropical cyclone named on what was later determined to be "trough activity"
Tropical storm names were assigned by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center since 1945.
Karen | Lana | Mabel | Nadine | Ophelia | Pearl | Rose | Annabell | Bertha |
Chris | Dolores | Eunice | Flo | Gertrude | Hazel | Ione | Jackie | Kit |
Libby | Martha | Norma | Olga | Pat | Rita | Agnes | Beverly |
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