1952 Pacific typhoon season

1952 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
First system formed June 10, 1952
Last system dissipated January 4, 1953
Strongest storm1 Agnes – 920 hPa (mbar), 280 km/h (175 mph)
Total storms 29
Typhoons 20
Super typhoons 6
Total fatalities 1070
Total damage Unknown
1Strongest storm is determined by lowest pressure
Pacific typhoon seasons
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954

The 1952 Pacific typhoon season had 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 1952 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.

Storms

Typhoon Charlotte

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration June 10 – June 15
Peak intensity 155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min)  960 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Dinah

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration June 19 – June 25
Peak intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  960 hPa (mbar)

On June 23, Dinah struck to the west of the Kanto Region in Japan. 65 people were killed and 70 were missing.[1]

Typhoon Emma

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration June 28 – July 6
Peak intensity 205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min)  975 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Freda

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration July 11 – July 15
Peak intensity 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Gilda

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration July 15 – July 20
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Harriet

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration July 26 – July 30
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Ivy

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration August 2 – August 8
Peak intensity 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Jeanne

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration August 4 – August 7
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Karen

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration August 10 – August 20
Peak intensity 155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min)  955 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Lois

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration August 22 – August 30
Peak intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  975 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Mary

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration August 29 – September 4
Peak intensity 120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Nona

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration September 2 – September 8
Peak intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 12W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration September 7 – September 14
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Olive

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration September 13 – September 21
Peak intensity 295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min)  940 hPa (mbar)
Main article: Typhoon Olive (1952)

Tropical Storm 14W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration September 16 – September 19
Peak intensity 65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min)  996 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Polly

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration September 26 – October 3
Peak intensity 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)  975 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Rose

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration October 4 – October 10
Peak intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Shirley

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration October 14 – October 15
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Trix

Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration October 15 – October 26
Peak intensity 220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min)  965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Trix struck the central Philippines with winds of 140 mph. Trix struck the Bicol region hard killing 995 people.[2]

Typhoon Vae

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration October 17 – October 20
Peak intensity 120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min)  974 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Wilma

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration October 21 – October 31
Peak intensity 295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min)  930 hPa (mbar)

On October 26, ten people were lost when a USAF WB-29 disappeared during a flight into Super Typhoon Wilma.[3]

Super Typhoon Agnes

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration October 28 – November 7
Peak intensity 280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  920 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Bess

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration November 9 – November 16
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  915 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Carmen

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration November 15 – November 22
Peak intensity 205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min)  960 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Della

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration November 22 – November 27
Peak intensity 280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Elaine

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration December 4 – December 6
Peak intensity 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Faye

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration December 16 – December 19
Peak intensity 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Gloria

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration December 16 – December 25
Peak intensity 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Hester

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration December 27 – January 4
Peak intensity 295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min)  950 hPa (mbar)
Main article: Typhoon Hester (1952)

1952 storm names

The names Jeanne, Lois, Nona, Vae and Wilma were retired after this year. They were replaced with Jean, Lucille, Nadine, Virginia and Wendy.

  • Charlotte
  • Dinah
  • Emma
  • Freda
  • Gilda
  • Harriet
  • Ivy
  • Jeanne
  • Karen
  • Lois
  • Mary
  • Nona
  • Olive
  • Polly
  • Rose
  • Shirley
  • Trix
  • Vae
  • Wilma
  • Agnes
  • Bess
  • Carmen
  • Della
  • Elaine
  • Faye
  • Gloria
  • Hester

See also

References

  1. ↑ Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
  2. ↑ ::..Typhoon2000.com: 30 Worst Typhoons of the Philippines (1947-2002)..::
  3. ↑ Deadly Hurricane Hunter Flights
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