1954 Pacific typhoon season

1954 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed March 1, 1954
Last system dissipated December 26, 1954
Strongest storm
Name Ida
 • Maximum winds 280 km/h (175 mph)
(1-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure 890 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions 33
Total storms 19
Typhoons 15
Super typhoons 5 (unofficial)
Total fatalities 1,530
Total damage Unknown
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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.

Systems

Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale

Tropical Storm 01W

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

Typhoon Elsie

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

Typhoon Flossie

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

Typhoon Grace

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
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)
 
Duration August 11 – August 17
Peak intensity 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)  965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ida

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

Tropical Storm 07W

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

Tropical Storm 08W

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

Typhoon Kathy

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

Typhoon June

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
 
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)
 
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)
 
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 Tsugaru Strait. 1,361 people were killed and 400 were left missing.[4] Due to this disaster, the typhoon is known in Japan as the Toya Maru Typhoon.[5]

Typhoon Nancy

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

Typhoon Olga

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

Tropical Storm 15W

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

Typhoon Pamela

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

On October 27, Typhoon 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 three storms that reached Category 5 super typhoon status in the South China Sea, with others being Typhoon Rammasun of 2014 at 160 mph within 25 km east of Hainan island, and Typhoon Meranti of 2016, at 190 mph in the South China Sea within 100 km southwest of Taiwan.

Gusts at landfall just to the west of Macau reached 175 km/h in Waglan Island and 155 km/h in Hong Kong Observatory which were the strongest since November 10, 1900 when the mean hourly wind speed reached 113 km/h (71 mph or 61 kts) at the Royal Observatory in Tsim Sha Tsui, in par with Typhoon Gloria.

Typhoon Ruby

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
 
Duration November 2 – November 11
Peak intensity 270 km/h (165 mph) (1-min)  940 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Sally

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

Typhoon Tilda

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

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
  5. ↑ "洞爺丸台風 昭和29年（1954年９月24日～９月27日" (in Japanese). Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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