1969 Pacific typhoon season

1969 Pacific typhoon season
First storm formed January 17, 1969
Last storm dissipated December 21, 1969
Strongest storm Elsie – 890 hPa (mbar),
Total storms 19
Typhoons 13
Super typhoons 2
Total fatalities Unknown
Total damage Unknown
Pacific typhoon seasons
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971

The 1969 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1969, 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 1969 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

23 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 19 became tropical storms. 13 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 2 reached super typhoon strength.

Typhoon Phyllis

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration January 17 – January 22
Intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  966 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Rita

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Typhoon Susan (Atring)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Tropical Depression Bining

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration May 3 – May 5
Intensity 55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Typhoon Tess (Kuring)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Tropical Depression Daling

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration July 22 – July 23
Intensity 55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Super Typhoon Viola (Elang)

Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHS)
Duration July 21 – July 28, 1969
Intensity 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min),  897 [1] hPa (mbar)

Large Super Typhoon Viola, which formed on July 22 east of the Philippines, brushed northern Luzon with winds of 150 mph on the 26th. It continued to the northwest, and weakened due to lack of inflow. Viola hit southeastern China as a minimal typhoon on the 28th, and dissipated the next day. The typhoon caused 11 deaths, with 17 missing.

Tropical Storm Winnie (Goring)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Tropical Storm Alice

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Typhoon Betty (Huling)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Typhoon Cora (Ibiang)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Typhoon Doris

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Tropical Storm Luming

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration September 5 – September 8
Intensity 65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Tropical Depression Miling

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration September 11 – September 14
Intensity 55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min),  Unknown

Super Typhoon Elsie (Narsing)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration September 19 – September 27
Intensity 220 km/h (140 mph) (10-min),  890 mbar (hPa)

On September 19, Tropical Depression 14W formed over the open Western Pacific. It tracked almost due westward, becoming a tropical storm on the 20th and a typhoon on the 21st. Elsie continued to intensify, and reached a peak of 175 mph winds on the 24th. After peaking, the typhoon steadily weakened as it moved westward. On the 26th 105 mph Typhoon Elsie hit northern Taiwan, and a day later hit eastern China. After drifting northward, Elsie dissipated over China on September 28. The typhoon killed 102 people, with 24 missing and 227 injured from the system.

Tropical Storm Flossie (Openg)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Just days after Elsie hit Taiwan, Tropical Storm Flossie approached Taiwan. From October 1 to the 5th, it drifted northward offshore of the island. It accelerated to the northeast, and became extratropical on the 10th east of Japan. Flossie's heavy rains left 75 people dead.

Typhoon Grace

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Typhoon Helen

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Typhoon Ida

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Typhoon June (Pining)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Typhoon Kathy (Rubing)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Tropical Storm Lorna (Saling)

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

Tropical Storm Marie

Duration Unknown – Unknown
Intensity Winds unknown,  Unknown

1969 storm names

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1969 was named Phyllis and the final one was named Marie.

  • Agnes
  • Bonnie
  • Carmen
  • Della
  • Elaine
  • Faye
  • Gloria
  • Hester
  • Irma
  • Judy
  • Kit
  • Lola
  • Mamie
  • Nina
  • Ora
  • Phyllis 1W
  • Rita 2W
  • Susan 3W
  • Tess 4W
  • Viola 5W
  • Winnie 6W
  • Alice 7W
  • Betty 8W
  • Cora 9W
  • Doris 10W
  • Elsie 14W
  • Flossie 15W
  • Grace 16W
  • Helen 18W
  • Ida 19W
  • June 20W
  • Kathy 21W
  • Lorna 22W
  • Marie 23W
  • Nancy
  • Olga
  • Pamela
  • 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

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