1961 Pacific typhoon season

1961 Pacific typhoon season

First storm formed	January 14, 1961
Last storm dissipated	December 13, 1961
Strongest storm	Super Typhoon Nancy, Super Typhoon Violet – 882 hPa (mbar),
Total storms	31
Typhoons	20
Super typhoons	8
Total fatalities	Unknown
Total damage	Unknown
Pacific typhoon seasons 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963

The 1961 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1961, 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 1961 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 had the "W" suffix added to their number.

Contents 1 Storms 1.1 Tropical Storm Rita 1.2 Tropical Storm Susan 1.3 Super Typhoon Tess 1.4 Tropical Storm Viola 1.5 Tropical Storm Winnie 1.6 Typhoon Alice 1.7 Super Typhoon Betty 1.8 Typhoon Cora 1.9 Tropical Storm Doris 1.10 Typhoon Elsie 1.11 Tropical Storm Flossie 1.12 Tropical Storm Grace 1.13 Typhoon Helen 1.14 Typhoon Ida 1.15 Typhoon June 1.16 Typhoon Kathy 1.17 Typhoon Lorna 1.18 Tropical Storm Marie 1.19 Super Typhoon Nancy 1.20 Typhoon Olga 1.21 Super Typhoon Pamela 1.22 Tropical Storm Ruby 1.23 Typhoon Sally 1.24 Super Typhoon Tilda 1.25 Super Typhoon Violet 1.26 Tropical Storm Wilda 1.27 Tropical Storm Anita 1.28 Typhoon Billie 1.29 Typhoon Clara 1.30 Super Typhoon Dot 1.31 Super Typhoon Ellen 2 1961 storm names 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Storms

Tropical Storm Rita

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	January 14 – January 20
Intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  995 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Susan

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	February 27 – March 1
Intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  1000 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Tess

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	March 24 – March 31
Intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min),  935 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Viola

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	April 9 – April 10
Intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min),  1005 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Winnie

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	May 6 – May 9
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  1000 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Alice

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	May 17 – May 22
Intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min),  985 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Alice formed to the east of the Philippines on the 17th of May. Alice quickly strengthened and passed very near to Hong Kong with winds of 85 mph on the 18th before recurving through the Chinese Mainland. 4 people were killed and 20 people were injured in Hong Kong. [1]

Super Typhoon Betty

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	May 22 – May 28
Intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min),  945 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Cora

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	June 22 – June 25
Intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min),  985 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Doris

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	June 23 – July 2
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  990 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Elsie

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 12 – July 15
Intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min),  975 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Flossie

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	July 16 – July 19
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  990 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Grace

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	July 21 – July 25
Intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  995 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Helen

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 27 – August 3
Intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min),  970 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Ida

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 28 – July 31
Intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  990 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon June

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 1 – August 8
Intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min),  960 mbar (hPa)

20 people were killed from heavy rain and mudslides when 90 mph Typhoon June hit southeastern Taiwan on August 6.

Typhoon Kathy

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 15 – August 18
Intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  980 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Lorna

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 20 – August 26
Intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min),  945 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Marie

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	August 29 – September 3
Intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min),  995 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Nancy

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 7 – September 17
Intensity	345 km/h (215 mph) (1-min),  882 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Nancy, having developed on September 7 in the open West Pacific, rapidly intensified to reach super typhoon status early on the 9th. Nancy continued to strengthen, and reached peak winds of 215 mph (187 knots) on the 12th. Such intensity is speculative, as Reconnaissance Aircraft was in its infancy and most intensities were estimates. Furthermore, later analysis indicated that equipment likely overestimated Nancy's wind speed; if the measurements were correct, Nancy would have had the highest wind speeds of any tropical cyclone by 25 mph. Regardless, Nancy was a formidable typhoon, and retained super typhoon status until the 14th as it neared Okinawa. The typhoon turned to the northeast, and made landfall on southern Japan on the 16th with winds of 100 mph. It continued rapidly northeastward, and became extratropical on the 17th in the Sea of Okhotsk. Well executed warnings lessened Nancy's potential major impact, but the typhoon still caused 172 fatalities and widespread damage.

Typhoon Olga

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 8 – September 10
Intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min),  985 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Olga struck Hong Kong killing 7 people.^[1]

Super Typhoon Pamela

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 8 – September 12
Intensity	285 km/h (180 mph) (1-min),  915 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Pamela, which formed on September 8, rapidly intensified to a peak of 180 mph on the 11th. Pamela weakened to a 145 mph typhoon by the time it hit eastern Taiwan late on the 11th, and after crossing the island and the Taiwan Strait, the storm hit eastern China as a 65 mph tropical storm. Pamela dissipated on the 12th, after causing 98 casualties (with 27 missing), $5 million in damage (1961 USD), and leaving 50,000 homeless.

Tropical Storm Ruby

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	September 21 – September 24
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  992 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Sally

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 25 – September 29
Intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min),  985 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Tilda

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 27 – October 4
Intensity	260 km/h (160 mph) (1-min),  915 mbar (hPa)

When 90 mph Typhoon Tilda, having once had a 160 mph peak, hit northeastern China on October 4, it caused 11 deaths, over $6 million in crop damage, and sank 1 ship killing 2.

Super Typhoon Violet

Super Typhoon Violet was an extremely strong storm with minimum pressure of 882 mb.

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 4 – October 11
Intensity	335 km/h (205 mph) (1-min),  882 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Wilda

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	October 11 – October 13
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  990 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Anita

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	October 19 – October 20
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  1005 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Billie

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 23 – October 30
Intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min),  960 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Clara

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 26 – November 1
Intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min),  985 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Dot

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	November 9 – November 15
Intensity	260 km/h (160 mph) (1-min),  922 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Ellen

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	December 5 – December 13
Intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min),  945 mbar (hPa)

1961 storm names

Agnes Bess Carmen Della Elaine Faye Gloria Hester Irma Judy Kit Lola Mamie Nina Ora Phyllis Rita 1W Susan 4W Tess 5W Viola 6W Winnie 9W

Alice 10W Betty 11W Cora 20W Doris 19W Elsie 26W Flossie 28W Grace 30W Helen 31W Ida 32W June 33W Kathy 39W Lorna 42W Marie 49W Nancy 52W Olga 51W Pamela 50W Ruby 53W Sally 54W Tilda 55W Violet 56W Wilda 58W

Anita 60W Billie 62W Clara 63W Dot 66W Ellen 69W Fran Georgia Hope Iris Joan Kate Louise Marge Nora Opal Patsy Ruth Sarah Thelma Vera Wanda

Amy Babs Charlotte Dinah Emma Freda Gilda Harriet Ivy Jean Karen Lucy Mary Nadine Olive Polly Rose Shirley Trix Virginia Wendy

See also

• 1961 Atlantic hurricane season
• 1950-1969 Pacific hurricane seasons
• Pre-1970 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons

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