1967 Pacific typhoon season

1967 Pacific typhoon season
First storm formed January 28, 1967
Last storm dissipated December 19, 1967
Strongest storm Carla – 901 hPa (mbar),
Total storms 35
Typhoons 21
Super typhoons 5
Total fatalities Unknown
Total damage Unknown
Pacific typhoon seasons
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969

The 1967 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1967, 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 1967 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.

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Storms

41 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 35 became tropical storms. 20 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 5 reached super typhoon strength.

Tropical Storm Ruby (Auring)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration February 4 – February 7
Intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Sally (Bebeng)

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration March 1 – March 4
Intensity 155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Therese

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration March 16 – March 24
Intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Violet (Karing)

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration April 1 – April 11
Intensity 220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Violet, which formed on April 1, steadily weakened from her peak of 140 mph to hit northeastern Luzon as a 115 mph typhoon on the 8th. It dissipated in the South China Sea on the 11th without causing any significant damage.

Tropical Storm Wilda (Diding)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration May 9 – May 13
Intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Anita (Gening)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration June 26 – July 1
Intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Billie (Herming)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration July 2 – July 8
Intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Billie, having developed on July 2, reached her peak of 85 mph on the 5th. Its intensity fluctuated as it headed northward to Japan, and became extratropical on the 8th. Its extratropical remnant continued northeastward, and brought heavy rain to Honshū and Kyūshū, killing 347 people.

Typhoon Clara (Ising)

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration July 6 – July 12
Intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

A cold core low developed tropical characteristics and became Tropical Depression 8W on July 6. It tracked westward, becoming a tropical storm later that day and a typhoon on the 7th. After briefly weakening to a tropical storm, Clara re-attained typhoon status, and peaked at 115 mph on the 10th. Clara weakened to a 90 mph typhoon just before hitting Taiwan on the 11th, and dissipated over China the next day. Clara's heavy rains caused 69 fatalities (with 32 missing).

Tropical Depression Nine

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration July 20 – July 21
Intensity 45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Dot

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration July 21 – July 28
Intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Depression Eleven

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration July 25 – July 27
Intensity 45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Ellen

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration July 28 – August 3
Intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Fran (Luding)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration July 29 – August 2
Intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Georgia (Mameng)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration July 29 – August 8
Intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Hope (Neneng)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration August 4 – August 9
Intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Depression Sixteen

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration August 10 – August 11
Intensity 45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Depression Seventeen

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration August 11 – August 12
Intensity 45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Iris

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration August 15 – August 16
Intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Joan (Pepang)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration August 16 – August 23
Intensity 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Kate

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration August 18 – August 22
Intensity 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Louise

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration August 19 – August 22
Intensity 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Marge (Rosing)

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration August 24 – August 29
Intensity 230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Depression Twenty-Three

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration August 25 – August 26
Intensity 45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Nora (Sisang)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration August 27 – August 30
Intensity 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Super Typhoon Opal

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration August 30 – September 15
Intensity 215 km/h (135 mph) (10-min),  Unknown

Super Typhoon Opal was a powerful system that peaked in winds of 180mph, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.

Tropical Storm Patsy

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration September 4 – September 5
Intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Ruth

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration September 6 – September 14
Intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min),  Unknown

Super Typhoon Sarah

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration September 14 – September 21
Intensity 175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min),  933 mbar (hPa)

On September 14, 1967, Tropical Storm Sarah from the 1967 Pacific hurricane season entered the Western Pacific basin. Immediately after the first advisory following Sarah's entrance into the West Pacific Ocean, it was upgraded to a minimal Typhoon. Typhoon Sarah continued to intensify and late on September 15, it was upgraded to a Category 4 typhoon. The next day, Sarah reached a peak of 150 mph winds and 933 millibars in pressure (this was the only pressure reading retrieved from Sarah); this made Sarah a Super typhoon. Sarah started a gradual weakening trend after wards, and late on September 21, Sarah became extratropical as a 80mph Category 1 typhoon.

On September 16, Sarah made landfall on Wake Island at peak intensity, causing widespread damage. This was the third tropical cyclone since the beginning of observations in 1935 to bring typhoon-force winds to Wake Island. An unnamed typhoon on October 19 in 1940 (Tomita, 1968) brought 120-knot winds and Olive in 1952 had lashed the island with 150-knot winds. Olive's attack on the island occurred on the 16th of September--exactly 15 years prior to that of Sarah.[1]

Tropical Strorm Thelma

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration September 10 – September 12
Intensity 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Vera

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration September 13 – September 16
Intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Wanda

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration September 18 – September 24
Intensity 120 km/h (75 mph) (10-min),  960 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Amy

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration September 28 – October 6
Intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min),  961 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Babe

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration October 8 – October 10
Intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Super Typhoon Carla (Trining)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 12 – October 20
Intensity 240 km/h (150 mph) (10-min),  901 mbar (hPa)

On July 11, Carla hit Taiwan, showering record rainfall amounts on the island, killing 69 people.

Typhoon Dinah (Uring)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 17 – October 27
Intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (10-min),  948 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Dinah struck the southern island of Kyūshū in Japan. 37 people were killed and 10 were missing.[2]

Super Typhoon Emma (Welming)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 31 – November 8
Intensity 195 km/h (120 mph) (10-min),  908 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Freda (Yayang)

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration November 6 – November 10
Intensity 100 km/h (65 mph) (10-min),  971 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Gilda (Ading)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration November 8 – November 18
Intensity 205 km/h (125 mph) (10-min),  890 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Harriet

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration November 17 – November 24
Intensity 165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Storm Ivy (Barang)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration December 17 – December 19, 1967
Intensity 115 km/h (70 mph) (1-min),  980 mbar (hPa)

1967 storm names

  • Agnes
  • Bess
  • Carmen
  • Della
  • Elaine
  • Faye
  • Gloria
  • Hester
  • Irma
  • Judy
  • Kit
  • Lola
  • Mamie
  • Nina
  • Ora
  • Phyllis
  • Rita
  • Susan
  • Tess
  • Viola
  • Winnie
  • Alice
  • Betty
  • Cora
  • Doris
  • Elsie
  • Flossie
  • Grace
  • Helen
  • Ida
  • June
  • Kathy
  • Lorna
  • Marie
  • Nancy
  • Olga
  • Pamela
  • Ruby 1W
  • Sally 2W
  • Therese 3W
  • Violet 4W
  • Wilda 5W
  • Anita 6W
  • Billie 7W
  • Clara 8W
  • Dot 9W
  • Ellen 10W
  • Fran 11W
  • Georgia 12W
  • Hope 13W
  • Iris 14W
  • Joan 15W
  • Kate 16W
  • Louise 17W
  • Marge 18W
  • Nora 19W
  • Opal 20W
  • Patsy 21W
  • Ruth 22W
  • Sarah 23W
  • Thelma 24W
  • Vera 25W
  • Wanda 26W
  • Amy 27W
  • Babe 28W
  • Carla 29W
  • Dinah 30W
  • Emma 31W
  • Freda 32W
  • Gilda 33W
  • Harriet 34W
  • Ivy 35W
  • Jean
  • Kim
  • Lucy
  • Mary
  • Nadine
  • Olive
  • Polly
  • Rose
  • Shirley
  • Trix
  • Virginia
  • Wendy

See also

References

  1. ^ "1967 Central Pacific Tropical Cyclone season". http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1967.php. 
  2. ^ Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information

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