1966 Pacific typhoon season

1966 Pacific typhoon season

First storm formed	April 3, 1967
Last storm dissipated	December 31, 1967
Strongest storm	Kit – 914 hPa (mbar),
Total storms	30
Typhoons	20
Super typhoons	3
Total fatalities	Unknown
Total damage	Unknown
Pacific typhoon seasons 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968

The 1966 Pacific typhoon season has 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 1966 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 have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.

Contents 1 Storms 1.1 Typhoon Hester (Atang) 1.2 Typhoon Irma (Klaring) 1.3 Typhoon Judy 1.4 Super Typhoon Kit 1.5 Tropical Storm Lola 1.6 Typhoon Mamie 1.7 Typhoon Nina 1.8 Typhoon Ora 1.9 Tropical Storm Phyllis 1.10 Typhoon Rita 1.11 Typhoon Susan 1.12 Typhoon Tess 1.13 Typhoon Viola 1.14 Tropical Storm Winnie 1.15 Super Typhoon Alice 1.16 Tropical Storm Betty 1.17 Super Typhoon Cora 1.18 Tropical Storm Doris 1.19 Typhoon Elsie 1.20 Typhoon Flossie 1.21 Tropical Storm Grace 1.22 Tropical Storm Helen 1.23 Typhoon Ida 1.24 Typhoon June 1.25 Typhoon Kathy 1.26 Tropical Storm Lorna 1.27 Typhoon Marie 1.28 Tropical Storm Nancy 1.29 Tropical Storm Olga 1.30 Typhoon Pamela 2 1966 storm names 3 References 4 External links

Storms

39 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 30 became tropical storms. 20 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 3 reached super typhoon strength.

Typhoon Hester (Atang)

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	April 3 – April 14
Intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min),  979 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Irma (Klaring)

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	May 11 – May 22
Intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min),  970 mbar (hPa)

115 mph Typhoon Irma hit the eastern Samar on May 15. It weakened over the island, but re-intensified rapidly to a 140 mph typhoon in the Sibuyan Sea before hitting Mindoro on the 17th. After weakening to a tropical storm, Irma turned northward to hit western Luzon as a 95 mph typhoon on the 19th. It accelerated to the northeast, and became extratropical on the 22nd. In the Philippines Irma killed 82 people.^[1]

Typhoon Judy

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	May 25 – May 31
Intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min),  970 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Kit

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	June 22 – June 29
Intensity	315 km/h (195 mph) (1-min),  914 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Kit, which formed on June 22, rapidly intensified on the 25th and 26th to a 195 mph Super Typhoon. Such intensity is questionable, because Reconnaissance Aircraft was in its infancy, but Kit was likely a powerful typhoon. It weakened as it moved northward, and passed just east of Honshū, Japan on the 28th as a minimal typhoon. There Kit killed 64 people, with 19 missing.^[2]

Tropical Storm Lola

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	July 11 – July 14
Intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Lola struck Hong Kong killing one person.^[3]

Typhoon Mamie

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 15 – July 18
Intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min),  987 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Nina

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 17 – July 20
Intensity	120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min),  995 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Ora

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 23 – July 26
Intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min),  977 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Phyllis

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	July 31 – August 2
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Rita

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 2 – August 9
Intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  977 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Susan

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 12 – August 16
Intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  978 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Tess

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 12 – August 17
Intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min),  972 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Viola

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 19 – August 22
Intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min),  975 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Winnie

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	August 20 – August 24
Intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Super Typhoon Alice

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 25 – September 3
Intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min),  937 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Alice developed in the Western Pacific from a tropical wave on August 25. It moved to the north, looped to the west, and steadily strengthened to a peak of 150 mph. Alice continued to the west, hit eastern China on September 3, and dissipated the next day. Damage reports are not available.

Tropical Storm Betty

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	August 29 – August 30
Intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Super Typhoon Cora

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 30 – September 9
Intensity	280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min),  917 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Cora, which began its life on August 30, attained a peak of 175 mph winds on September 5. It hit near Okinawa, causing major damage to the infrastructure on the island, but no lost of life. Cora continued to the northwest, hit northeastern China as a super typhoon on the 7th, and turned northeast to become extratropical near South Korea on the 9th.

Tropical Storm Doris

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	September 6 – September 10
Intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Elsie

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 11 – September 18
Intensity	215 km/h (130 mph) (1-min),  943 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Flossie

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 14 – September 18
Intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min),  963 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Grace

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	September 14 – September 17
Intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Helen

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	September 19 – September 24
Intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Ida

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 22 – September 25
Intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min),  961 mbar (hPa)

On September 24, two tropical systems made landfall on Japan. Helen struck the southwestern part of the archipelago as a minimal tropical storm, and 115 mph Typhoon Ida hit eastern Japan at the same time. The two storms' heavy rain and flooding left 300 people dead or missing, with over 700 missing.

Typhoon June

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 22 – September 30
Intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min),  962 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Kathy

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 8 – October 20
Intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min),  947 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Lorna

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	October 27 – November 2
Intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Marie

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 29 – November 4
Intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min),  946 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Nancy

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	November 18 – November 26
Intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Olga

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	November 22 – November 25
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Pamela

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	December 25 – December 31
Intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min),  967 mbar (hPa)

1966 storm names

Agnes Bess Carmen Della Elaine Faye Gloria Hester 1W Irma 2W Judy 3W Kit 4W Lola 5W Mamie 6W Nina 7W Ora 8W Phyllis 9W Rita 10W Susan 11W Tess 12W Viola 14W Winnie 15W

Alice 16W Betty 17W Cora 18W Doris 21W Elsie 23W Flossie 24W Grace 25W Helen 26W Ida 27W June 28W Kathy 29W Lorna 32W Marie 33W Nancy 36W Olga 37W Pamela 39W Ruby Sally Therese Violet Wilda

Anita Billie Clara Dot Ellen Fran Georgia Hope Iris Joan Kate Louise Marge Nora Opal Patsy Ruth Sarah Thelma Vera Wanda

Amy Babe Carla Dinah Emma Freda Gilda Harriet Ivy Jean Kim Lucy Mary Nadine Olive Polly Rose Shirley Trix Virginia Wendy

References

External links

• Japan Meteorological Agency
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
• China Meteorological Agency
• National Weather Service Guam
• Hong Kong Observatory
• Macau Meteorological Geophysical Services
• Korea Meteorological Agency
• Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
• Taiwan Central Weather Bureau
• Digital Typhoon - Typhoon Images and Information
• Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website