1954 Pacific typhoon season

1954 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
First system formed March 1, 1954
Last system dissipated December 26, 1954
Strongest storm1 Ida – 890 hPa (mbar), 280 km/h (175 mph)
Total depressions 33
Total storms 19
Typhoons 15
Super typhoons 5
Total fatalities 1530
Total damage Unknown
1Strongest storm is determined by lowest pressure
Pacific typhoon seasons
1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956

The 1954 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1954, 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 1954 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.

Storms

Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale

Tropical Storm 01W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration March 1 – March 4
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Elsie

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration May 5 – May 12
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  945 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Flossie

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration July 4 – July 10
Peak intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Grace

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 11 – August 19
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  940 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Grace struck the Southern Japanese islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku. 28 people were killed and 33 were missing.[1]

Typhoon Helen

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 11 – August 17
Peak intensity 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)  965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ida

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 18 – August 31
Peak intensity 280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  890 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 07W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 20 – August 26
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  998 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 08W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 28 – August 31
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Kathy

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration August 28 – September 8
Peak intensity 165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min)  940 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon June

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration September 4 – September 15
Peak intensity 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min)  910 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon June struck the Southern Japanese hitting the area west of Kanto especially hard. 107 people were killed and 39 were missing.[2]

Typhoon Lorna

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration September 11 – September 19
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  950 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Lorna brushed the southern coast of the Japanese island of Shikoku. 34 people were killed and 20 were missing.[3]

Typhoon Marie

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration September 19 – September 28
Peak intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  956 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Marie had a minimum pressure of 956 mb and a maximum windspeeds of 85 mph. Marie crossed the southern islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku before turning northeast and striking Hokkaidō island. Marie caused the ship Toya Maru to sink in the Hokkaidō Strait. 1,361 people were killed and 400 were left missing.[4]

Typhoon Nancy

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration September 30 – October 13
Peak intensity 155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min)  965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Olga

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration October 12 – October 19
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  935 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 15W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration October 24 – October 26
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  1004 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Pamela

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration October 27 – November 8
Peak intensity 280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  900 hPa (mbar)

On October 27, Typhoom Pamela formed as a tropical depression. Pamela reached a peak of 900 mbar and 175 mph on November 1 and reached a secondary peak of 935 mbars on November 5. Pamela was one of two storms that reached Category 5 super typhoon status in the South China Sea, with the other being Typhoon Rammasun of 2014.

Typhoon Ruby

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration November 2 – November 11
Peak intensity 280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  940 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Sally

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration November 10 – November 20
Peak intensity 280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  925 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Tilda

Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Counterclockwise vortex
Duration November 22 – December 1
Peak intensity 230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min)  940 hPa (mbar)

1954 storm names

  • Elsie
  • Flossie
  • Grace
  • Helen
  • Ida
  • June
  • Kathy
  • Lorna
  • Marie
  • Nancy
  • Olga
  • Pamela
  • Ruby
  • Sally
  • Tilda

See also

References

  1. ↑ Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
  2. ↑ Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
  3. ↑ Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
  4. ↑ Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
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