1952 Pacific typhoon season

1952 Pacific typhoon season

Season summary map
First system formed	June 10, 1952
Last system dissipated	January 4, 1953
Strongest storm^1	Agnes – 920 hPa (mbar), 280 km/h (175 mph)
Total storms	29
Typhoons	20
Super typhoons	6
Total fatalities	1070
Total damage	Unknown
^1Strongest storm is determined by lowest pressure
Pacific typhoon seasons 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954

The 1952 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds, 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 1952 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.

Storms

Typhoon Charlotte

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	June 10 – June 15
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min)  960 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Dinah

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	June 19 – June 25
Peak intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  960 hPa (mbar)

On June 23, Dinah struck to the west of the Kanto Region in Japan. 65 people were killed and 70 were missing.^[1]

Typhoon Emma

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	June 28 – July 6
Peak intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min)  975 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Freda

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	July 11 – July 15
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Gilda

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	July 15 – July 20
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Harriet

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 26 – July 30
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Ivy

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 2 – August 8
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Jeanne

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 4 – August 7
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Karen

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	August 10 – August 20
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min)  955 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Lois

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	August 22 – August 30
Peak intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  975 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Mary

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	August 29 – September 4
Peak intensity	120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Nona

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 2 – September 8
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 12W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	September 7 – September 14
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Olive

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 13 – September 21
Peak intensity	295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min)  940 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 14W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	September 16 – September 19
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min)  996 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Polly

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 26 – October 3
Peak intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)  975 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Rose

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	October 4 – October 10
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Shirley

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	October 14 – October 15
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Trix

Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	October 15 – October 26
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min)  965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Trix struck the central Philippines with winds of 140 mph. Trix struck the Bicol region hard killing 995 people.^[2]

Typhoon Vae

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	October 17 – October 20
Peak intensity	120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min)  974 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Wilma

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	October 21 – October 31
Peak intensity	295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min)  930 hPa (mbar)

On October 26, ten people were lost when a USAF WB-29 disappeared during a flight into Super Typhoon Wilma.^[3]

Super Typhoon Agnes

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	October 28 – November 7
Peak intensity	280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  920 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Bess

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	November 9 – November 16
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  915 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Carmen

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	November 15 – November 22
Peak intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min)  960 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Della

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	November 22 – November 27
Peak intensity	280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Elaine

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	December 4 – December 6
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Faye

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	December 16 – December 19
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Gloria

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	December 16 – December 25
Peak intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Hester

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	December 27 – January 4
Peak intensity	295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min)  950 hPa (mbar)

1952 storm names

The names Jeanne, Lois, Nona, Vae and Wilma were retired after this year. They were replaced with Jean, Lucille, Nadine, Virginia and Wendy.

Charlotte Dinah Emma Freda Gilda Harriet Ivy Jeanne Karen

Lois Mary Nona Olive Polly Rose Shirley Trix Vae

Wilma Agnes Bess Carmen Della Elaine Faye Gloria Hester

See also

• 1952 Pacific hurricane season
• 1952 Atlantic hurricane season
• Pre-1980 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons

References

1. Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
2. ::..Typhoon2000.com: 30 Worst Typhoons of the Philippines (1947-2002)..::
3. Deadly Hurricane Hunter Flights