Typhoon_Mamie_(1953)

1953 Pacific typhoon season

1953 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon season in the Pacific Ocean


The 1953 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1953, 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.

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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 1953 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.

Systems

Typhoon Irma

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This storm weakened and dissipated before it hit the Philippines.

Typhoon Judy

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Judy skirted the Philippines[1] and Taiwan then struck the Southern Japanese island of Kyushu. 37 people were killed and 15 were missing.[2]

Tropical Storm 04W

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Super Typhoon Kit

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Typhoon Lola

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Typhoon Mamie

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Super Typhoon Nina

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Nina was a major storm. It made landfall in China as a Category 4 tropical cyclone.

Tropical Storm 09W

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Typhoon Ophelia

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Ophelia hit Hong Kong and Vietnam.

Typhoon Phyllis

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Typhoon Rita

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Rita hit China as a tropical storm.

Tropical Storm 13W

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Typhoon Susan

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Susan hit Hong Kong.[3]

Super Typhoon Tess

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Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. 393 people were killed and 85 were missing.[4]

Tropical Storm 16W

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JMA Tropical Storm 15

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Typhoon Viola

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Typhoon Winnie

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Typhoon Alice

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Typhoon Betty

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Betty hit Hong Kong and then took an unusual track; going from west to east.

Typhoon Cora

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Cora crossed the northern Philippines and hit its peak strength, then rapidly weakened and dissipated.

Tropical Storm 22W

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Tropical Storm 23W

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Super Typhoon Doris

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A rare late-season Super Typhoon. Did not affect land.

Storm names

  • Irma
  • Judy
  • Kit
  • Lola
  • Mamie
  • Nina
  • Ophelia
  • Phyllis
  • Rita
  • Susan
  • Tess
  • Viola
  • Winnie
  • Alice
  • Betty
  • Cora
  • Doris

See also


References

  1. "Typhoon Skirts Philippines". The New York Times. June 3, 1953. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

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