1950-1959 Pacific typhoon seasons

The decade of the 1950s featured the 1950-1959 Pacific typhoon seasons. The seasons 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 1950-1959 Pacific hurricane seasons. Tropical storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the North Pacific Typhoon Warning Service, Fleet Weather Center, or 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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1950 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Jane struck the island of Shikoku in Japan on the 3rd of September. The resulting flooding and landslides killed 539 people. [http://web.adrc.or.jp/hanshin/hakusho/English/chapter2/t2-1.htm]

Typhoon Fran was a late season storm that struck the northern Philippines killing 5 people. [http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/ Pagasa - Dost - Dost Service Institutes ] ]

1950 storm names

The names Helene, Jane, Kezia, Lucretia, Missatha, Ossia, and Petie were retired after this year and replaced with Helen, June, Kathy, Lorna, Marie, Olga, and Pamela. The name Delilah was also retired after this year.

1953 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Judy struck the Southern Japanese island of Kyūshū. 37 people were killed and 15 were missing. [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=195302&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information ] ]

Nina was a major storm with minimum central pressure around 885 mb. It made landfall in China as a Category 3 tropical cyclone.

Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. 393 people were killed and 85 were missing. [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=195313&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information ] ]

1953 storm names

1956 Pacific typhoon season

In April, Typhoon Thelma struck Japan.

Typhoon Babs struck the western Kyūshū Island in southern Japan. 33 people were killed and 3 were missing. [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=195609&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information ] ]

Emma was a powerful mid-season typhoon that struck the U.S. held island of Okinawa and South Korea. The typhoon killed 64 people with 35 missing and left millions in damage.

A moderately powerful typhoon, Harriet brought heavy rains and 110mph winds to Japan. The typhoon destroyed 600 buildings and killed 38 people. Harriett then crossed the Sea of Japan before making a second landfall in South Korea. There the storm brought heavy rains and gusty winds before dissipating. Harriet killed 53 people and left $50 million dollars (1956) dollars in damage.

A weak December typhoon, Polly brought 100 mph winds and 11inch rains to the Philippines on December 13. The typhoon killed 79 people and left $2.5 million dollars (1956) dollars in damage.

1956 storm names

1957 Pacific typhoon season

The 1957 season was fairly active, with 17 typhoons, of which six reached supertyphoon status. Typhoon Virginia in June killed 86 people and caused $80 million in damage when it struck Taiwan and southern Japan. Typhoon Faye in September resulted in heavy damage and killed over 50 people on Okinawa.

1958 Pacific typhoon season

The 1958 season included 23 named storms. The first storm of the season, Ophelia, crashed a recon flight into the storm on January 15. [http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/2003-07-16-flying-hurricanes_x.htm Deadly Hurricane Hunter Flights] ] In May, Typhoon Phyllis attained a peak of 185 mph, the strongest typhoon ever in the month of May. [http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1958/index.html 1958 Best Track] ] Typhoon Alice caused 41 deaths and heavy damage after hitting southeastern Japan on July 22. [http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/weather.htm Deadly Typhoon Information] ] Later, Typhoon Ida reached peak winds of 200 mph on September 24 with a record low pressure (at the time) of 877 mbar. [http://members.tripod.com/~littlerosie/camille.html Camille Info] ] It caused extensive mudslides in Japan, killed 888 people, and left 500,000 people homeless. [http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,825503,00.html Time.com] ] [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=195822&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information ] ]

1959 Pacific typhoon season

The 1959 Pacific typhoon season featured 24 tropical cyclones, though operationally 59 total areas of investigation were classified by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC);