1961 Pacific typhoon season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=WPac
Year=1961
Track=1961 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg
First storm formed=January 14, 1961
Last storm dissipated=December 13, 1961
Strongest storm name=Super Typhoon Nancy, Super Typhoon Violet
Strongest storm pressure=882
Total storms=31
Total hurricanes=20
Total intense=5
five 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.

torms

Tropical Storm Rita

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Rita
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=January 14
dissipated= January 20, 1961
highest winds=45 mph [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1961/index.html Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific ] ]
lowest pressure=996 mbar [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1961.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1961) ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Susan

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Susan
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=February 27
dissipated= March 01, 1961
highest winds=45 mph [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1961/index.html Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific ] ]
lowest pressure= mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Tess

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Tess
category=cat4
type=TY
formed=March 24
dissipated= March 31, 1961
highest winds=145 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=937 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Viola

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Viola
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=April 09
dissipated= April 10, 1961
highest winds=55 mph [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1961/index.html Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific ] ]
lowest pressure= mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Winnie

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Winnie
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=May 06
dissipated= May 09, 1961
highest winds= mph [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1961/index.html Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific ] ]
lowest pressure= mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Alice

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Alice
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=May 17
dissipated= May 21, 1961
highest winds=85 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=985 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon 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. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/chapter4.pdf]

Typhoon Betty

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Betty
category=cat4
type=TY
formed=May 22
dissipated= May 28, 1961
highest winds=150 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=946 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Cora

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Cora
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=June 22
dissipated= June 25, 1961
highest winds=80 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=987 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Doris

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Doris
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=June 23
dissipated= July 02, 1961
highest winds=50 mph [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1961/index.html Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific ] ]
lowest pressure=990 mbar [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1961.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1961) ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Elsie

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Elsie
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=July 12
dissipated= July 15, 1961
highest winds=85 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=974 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Flossie

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Flossie
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=July 16
dissipated= July 19, 1961
highest winds=50 mph [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1961/index.html Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific ] ]
lowest pressure=992 mbar [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1961.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1961) ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Grace

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Grace
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=July 21
dissipated= July 25, 1961
highest winds=45 mph [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1961/index.html Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific ] ]
lowest pressure= mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Helen

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Helen
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=July 27
dissipated= August 03, 1961
highest winds=95 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=971 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Ida

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Ida
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=July 28
dissipated= July 31, 1961
highest winds=85 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=990 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon June

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon June
category=cat2
type=TY
formed=August 01
dissipated= August 08, 1961
highest winds=110 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=961 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season20 people were killed from heavy rain and mudslides when 90 mph Typhoon June hit southeastern Taiwan on August 6.

Typhoon Kathy

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Kathy
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=August 15
dissipated= August 18, 1961
highest winds=85 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=980 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Lorna

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Lorna
category=cat4
type=TY
formed=August 20
dissipated= August 26, 1961
highest winds=140 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=947 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Marie

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Marie
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=August 29
dissipated= September 03, 1961
highest winds=55 mph [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1961/index.html Unisys Weather: 1961 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific ] ]
lowest pressure=996 mbar [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1961.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1961) ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

uper Typhoon Nancy

infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Nancy
category=cat5
type=STY
track=Super_Typhoon_Nancy_61.jpg

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formed=September 07
dissipated= September 17, 1961
highest winds=180 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=882 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season hurricane main|Typhoon Nancy (1961)

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

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Olga
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=September 08
dissipated= September 10, 1961
highest winds=80 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=985 mbar [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1961.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1961) ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Olga struck Hong Kong killing 7 people. [http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/historical_tc/cdtc.htm Historical Information ] ]

uper Typhoon Pamela

infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Pamela
category=cat5
type=STY
formed=September 08
dissipated= September 12, 1961
highest winds=180 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=914 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon 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

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Ruby
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=September 21
dissipated= September 24, 1961
highest winds= mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=992 mbar [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1961.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1961) ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Sally

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Sally
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=September 21
dissipated= September 29, 1961
highest winds=80 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=983 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

uper Typhoon Tilda

infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Tilda
category=cat5
type=STY
formed=September 27
dissipated= October 05, 1961
highest winds=160 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=917 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon seasonWhen 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.

uper Typhoon Violet

infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Violet
category=cat5
type=STY
formed=October 04
dissipated= October 10, 1961
highest winds=180 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=882 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Wilda

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Wilda
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=October 11
dissipated= October 13, 1961
highest winds= mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=990 mbar [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1961.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1961) ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Anita

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Anita
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=October 19
dissipated= October 20, 1961
highest winds= mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure= mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Billie

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Billie
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=October 23
dissipated= October 28, 1961
highest winds=80 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=961 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Clara

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Clara
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=October 26
dissipated= November 01, 1961
highest winds=85 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=984 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

uper Typhoon Dot

infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Dot
category=cat5
type=STY
formed=November 09
dissipated= November 15, 1961
highest winds=160 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=922 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Ellen

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Ellen
category=cat4
type=TY
formed=December 05
dissipated= December 13, 1961
highest winds=150 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=945 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html 1961 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1961 Pacific typhoon season

1961 storm names

ee also

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

References

External links

* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1961atcr/pdf/1961.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center]
* [http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/weather.htm Death stats]