1961 Pacific typhoon season

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The 1961 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1961, 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 1961 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin had the "W" suffix added to their number.

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[edit] Storms

[edit] Tropical Storm Rita

Tropical Storm Rita TS
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Duration January 14 – January 20, 1961
Intensity 45 mph [1], 996 mbar[2]

[edit] Tropical Storm Susan

Tropical Storm Susan TS
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Duration February 27 – March 01, 1961
Intensity 45 mph [1],  mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Tess

Typhoon 4
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Duration March 24 – March 31, 1961
Intensity 145 mph [3], 937 mbar[3]

[edit] Tropical Storm Viola

Tropical Storm Viola TS
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Duration April 09 – April 10, 1961
Intensity 55 mph [1],  mbar[3]

[edit] Tropical Storm Winnie

Tropical Storm Winnie TS
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Duration May 06 – May 09, 1961
Intensity  mph [1],  mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Alice

Typhoon Alice 1
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Duration May 17 – May 21, 1961
Intensity 85 mph [3], 985 mbar[3]

Typhoon Alice formed to the east of the Philippines on the 17th of May. Alice quickly strengthened and passed very near to Hong Kong with winds of 85 mph on the 18th before recurving through the Chinese Mainland. 4 people were killed and 20 people were injured in Hong Kong. [1]

[edit] Typhoon Betty

Typhoon Betty 4
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Duration May 22 – May 28, 1961
Intensity 150 mph [3], 946 mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Cora

Typhoon Cora 1
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Duration June 22 – June 25, 1961
Intensity 80 mph [3], 987 mbar[3]

[edit] Tropical Storm Doris

Tropical Storm Doris TS
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Duration June 23 – July 02, 1961
Intensity 50 mph [1], 990 mbar[2]

[edit] Typhoon Elsie

Typhoon Elsie 1
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Duration July 12 – July 15, 1961
Intensity 85 mph [3], 974 mbar[3]

[edit] Tropical Storm Flossie

Tropical Storm Flossie TS
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Duration July 16 – July 19, 1961
Intensity 50 mph [1], 992 mbar[2]

[edit] Tropical Storm Grace

Tropical Storm Grace TS
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Duration July 21 – July 25, 1961
Intensity 45 mph [1],  mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Helen

Typhoon Helen 1
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Duration July 27 – August 03, 1961
Intensity 95 mph [3], 971 mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Ida

Typhoon Ida 1
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Duration July 28 – July 31, 1961
Intensity 85 mph [3], 990 mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon June

Typhoon June 2
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Duration August 01 – August 08, 1961
Intensity 110 mph [3], 961 mbar[3]

20 people were killed from heavy rain and mudslides when 90 mph Typhoon June hit southeastern Taiwan on August 6.

[edit] Typhoon Kathy

Typhoon Kathy 1
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Duration August 15 – August 18, 1961
Intensity 85 mph [3], 980 mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Lorna

Typhoon Lorna 4
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Duration August 20 – August 26, 1961
Intensity 140 mph [3], 947 mbar[3]

[edit] Tropical Storm Marie

Tropical Storm Marie TS
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Duration August 29 – September 03, 1961
Intensity 55 mph [1], 996 mbar[2]

[edit] Super Typhoon Nancy

Super Typhoon Nancy 5
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Duration September 07 – September 17, 1961
Intensity 180 mph [3], 882 mbar[3]
Main article: Typhoon Nancy (1961)

Tropical Storm Nancy, having developed on September 7 in the open West Pacific, rapidly intensified to reach super typhoon status early on the 9th. Nancy continued to strengthen, and reached peak winds of 215 mph on the 12th. Such intensity is speculative, as Reconnaissance Aircraft was in its infancy and most intensities were estimates. Furthermore, later analysis indicated that equipment likely overestimated Nancy's wind speed; if the measurements were correct, Nancy would have had the highest wind speeds of any tropical cyclone by 25 mph. Regardless, Nancy was a formidable typhoon, and retained super typhoon status until the 14th as it neared Okinawa. The typhoon turned to the northeast, and made landfall on southern Japan on the 16th with winds of 100 mph. It continued rapidly northeastward, and became extratropical on the 17th in the Sea of Okhotsk. Well executed warnings lessened Nancy's potential major impact, but the typhoon still caused 172 fatalities and widespread damage.

[edit] Typhoon Olga

Typhoon Olga 1
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Duration September 08 – September 10, 1961
Intensity 80 mph [3], 985 mbar[2]

Typhoon Olga struck Hong Kong killing 7 people.[4]

[edit] Super Typhoon Pamela

Super Typhoon Pamela 5
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Duration September 08 – September 12, 1961
Intensity 180 mph [3], 914 mbar[3]

Typhoon Pamela, which formed on September 8, rapidly intensified to a peak of 180 mph on the 11th. Pamela weakened to a 145 mph typhoon by the time it hit eastern Taiwan late on the 11th, and after crossing the island and the Taiwan Strait, the storm hit eastern China as a 65 mph tropical storm. Pamela dissipated on the 12th, after causing 98 casualties (with 27 missing), $5 million in damage (1961 USD), and leaving 50,000 homeless.

[edit] Tropical Storm Ruby

Tropical Storm Ruby TS
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Duration September 21 – September 24, 1961
Intensity  mph [3], 992 mbar[2]

[edit] Typhoon Sally

Typhoon Sally 1
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Duration September 21 – September 29, 1961
Intensity 80 mph [3], 983 mbar[3]

[edit] Super Typhoon Tilda

Super Typhoon Tilda 5
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Duration September 27 – October 05, 1961
Intensity 160 mph [3], 917 mbar[3]

When 90 mph Typhoon Tilda, having once had a 160 mph peak, hit northeastern China on October 4, it caused 11 deaths, over $6 million in crop damage, and sank 1 ship killing 2.

[edit] Super Typhoon Violet

Super Typhoon Violet 5
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Duration October 04 – October 10, 1961
Intensity 180 mph [3], 882 mbar[3]

[edit] Tropical Storm Wilda

Tropical Storm Wilda TS
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Duration October 11 – October 13, 1961
Intensity  mph [3], 990 mbar[2]

[edit] Tropical Storm Anita

Tropical Storm Anita TS
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Duration October 19 – October 20, 1961
Intensity  mph [3],  mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Billie

Typhoon Billie 1
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Duration October 23 – October 28, 1961
Intensity 80 mph [3], 961 mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Clara

Typhoon Clara 1
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Duration October 26 – November 01, 1961
Intensity 85 mph [3], 984 mbar[3]

[edit] Super Typhoon Dot

Super Typhoon Dot 5
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Duration November 09 – November 15, 1961
Intensity 160 mph [3], 922 mbar[3]

[edit] Typhoon Ellen

Typhoon Ellen 4
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Duration December 05 – December 13, 1961
Intensity 150 mph [3], 945 mbar[3]

[edit] 1961 storm names

  • Agnes
  • Bess
  • Carmen
  • Della
  • Elaine
  • Faye
  • Gloria
  • Hester
  • Irma
  • Judy
  • Kit
  • Lola
  • Mamie
  • Nina
  • Ora
  • Phyllis
  • Rita 1W
  • Susan 4W
  • Tess 5W
  • Viola 6W
  • Winnie 9W
  • Alice 10W
  • Betty 11W
  • Cora 20W
  • Doris 19W
  • Elsie 26W
  • Flossie 28W
  • Grace 30W
  • Helen 31W
  • Ida 32W
  • June 33W
  • Kathy 39W
  • Lorna 42W
  • Marie 49W
  • Nancy 52W
  • Olga 51W
  • Pamela 50W
  • Ruby 53W
  • Sally 54W
  • Tilda 55W
  • Violet 56W
  • Wilda 58W
  • Anita 60W
  • Billie 62W
  • Clara 63W
  • Dot 66W
  • Ellen 69W
  • Fran
  • Georgia
  • Hope
  • Iris
  • Joan
  • Kate
  • Louise
  • Marge
  • Nora
  • Opal
  • Patsy
  • Ruth
  • Sarah
  • Thelma
  • Vera
  • Wanda
  • Amy
  • Babs
  • Charlotte
  • Dinah
  • Emma
  • Freda
  • Gilda
  • Harriet
  • Ivy
  • Jean
  • Karen
  • Lucy
  • Mary
  • Nadine
  • Olive
  • Polly
  • Rose
  • Shirley
  • Trix
  • Virginia
  • Wendy

[edit] See also

Tropical cyclones Portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1961)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. ^ Historical Information

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