1950 Pacific typhoon season

1950 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
First system formed April 12, 1950
Last system dissipated January 1, 1951
Strongest storm1 Super Typhoon Doris 
Total storms 18
Typhoons 12
Super typhoons 1
Total fatalities Unknown
Total damage Unknown
1Strongest storm is determined by lowest pressure
Pacific typhoon seasons
1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952

The 1950 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1950, 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 1950 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the North Pacific Typhoon Warning Service.

Storms

Severe Tropical Storm 01W

Severe tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration April 12 – April 15
Peak intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min)  984 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Doris

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration May 6 – May 14
Peak intensity 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min)  928 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 02W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration June 5 – June 9
Peak intensity 65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min)  997 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Elsie

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration June 23 – June 24
Peak intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  981 hPa (mbar)

CMA Severe Tropical Storm 6

Severe tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration July 12 – July 15
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Flossie

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration July 15 – July 19
Peak intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min)  993 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Grace

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration July 16 – July 21
Peak intensity 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)  981 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Helene

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration July 24 – August 3
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min)  991 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 13W

Tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration August 2 – August 4
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min)  992 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 15W

Tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical depression (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 3 – August 4
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min)  998 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 16W

Tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 4 – August 6
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min)  996 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ida

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration August 9 – August 21
Peak intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  973 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm 20W

Severe tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical depression (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 10 – August 14
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty one

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 11 – August 14
Peak intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm 23W

Severe tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 14 – August 22
Peak intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Jane

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration August 29 – September 4
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  943 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Jane struck the island of Shikoku in Japan on the 3rd of September. Resulting flooding and landslides killed 539 people.

In late August, a depression formed and quickly intensified into a tropical storm and was given the name Jane. The storm drifted west-northwestward and intensified into a typhoon. Jane gradually curved to the north and intensified to a category 2 typhoon. Jane shortly reached category 3 status and peak intensity at 185 kph (115 mph). The typhoon accelerated to the north-northeast and weakened to a category 2 storm and made landfall in the modern-day Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area. Jane crossed Kyoto Prefecture and weakened to a tropical storm and crossed the Noto Peninsula and reentered the Sea of Japan and passed just west of Sado Island. The storm struck eastern Aomori Prefecture and crossed the Tsugaru Straits and made a final landfall on the south coast of Hokkaido Prefecture. Jane crossed Hokkaido and dissipated south of the Kuril Islands.

Typhoon Kezia

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration September 4 – September 15
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  945 hPa (mbar)

On September 13 Typhoon Kezia hit part of the fleet off Kyushu.

Severe Tropical Storm 26W

Severe tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration September 6 – September 8
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Lucretia

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration September 14 – September 19
Peak intensity 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min)  987 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Missatha

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration September 13 – September 19
Peak intensity 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min)  984 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ossia

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration September 27 – October 6
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  966 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Petie

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration October 18 – October 24
Peak intensity 165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min)  978 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm 25W

Severe tropical storm (CMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration October 26 – October 31
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ruby

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration October 27 – October 31
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  918 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Billie

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration November 4 – November 9
Peak intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Clara

Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration November 4 – November 13
Peak intensity 230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min)  899 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Delilah

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration November 19 – November 25
Peak intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min)  989 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Ellen

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration December 11 – December 13
Peak intensity 105 km/h (65 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Fran

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration December 26 – January 1
Peak intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Fran was a late season storm that struck the northern Philippines killing 5 people.[1]

1950 storm names

The names Delilah, Helene, Jane, Kezia, Lucretia, Missatha, Ossia, and Petie were retired after this year and replaced with Dot, Helen, June, Kathy, Lorna, Marie, Olga, and Pamela.

  • Doris
  • Elsie
  • Flossie
  • Grace
  • Helene
  • Ida
  • Jane
  • Kezia
  • Lucretia
  • Missatha
  • Nancy
  • Ossia
  • Petie
  • Ruby
  • Anita
  • Billie
  • Clara
  • Delilah
  • Ellen
  • Fran

See also

References

  1. Pagasa - Dost - Dost Service Institutes

External links

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