1967 Western Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Carla 1967
Typhoon Carla produced extraordinary rainfall in the Philippines and Taiwan in October 1967. Although it was weakening from its offshore peak, the storm's circulation continued delivering rain that made it one of the year's deadliest typhoons.
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184 mph
Oct 15, 1967 during the tropical stage
Full archive record, including non-tropical stages if present
Along the recorded center positions
STORM HISTORY
An intense Philippine Sea typhoon
Carla's archived track begins east of the Mariana Islands on 10 October. It strengthened over the Philippine Sea, reaching peak one-minute winds of 160 kt late on 14 October. The minimum archived central pressure, 900 hPa, followed early the next day.
Known as Trining in the Philippines, Carla weakened as it approached land. Its rain-producing circulation affected a wide area, including the Philippines and Taiwan, after the storm had passed its strongest phase.
Exceptional rainfall totals
Baguio in the Philippines recorded 1,216 mm of rain in a 24-hour period spanning 17 and 18 October. Taiwan recorded an even larger accumulation of 2,749 mm over 48 hours between 17 and 19 October. These totals reflect the prolonged rainfall around Carla's circulation as its winds declined.
The storm was reported to have killed 250 people, with another 30 missing. Its history illustrates how the most damaging part of a typhoon can continue after the offshore wind maximum.
Further reading
QUICK ANSWERS
Carla in brief
What was Typhoon Carla's highest wind speed?
184 mph, the highest one-minute sustained wind in its tropical stage, recorded on Oct 14, 1967, 06:00 PM UTC.
What category was Typhoon Carla?
Category 5 at its peak on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale, first reaching Category 5 on Oct 14, 1967, 09:00 AM UTC. Other agencies classify storms differently.
What was Typhoon Carla's lowest pressure?
900 mb, the minimum central pressure recorded during its tropical stage, on Oct 15, 1967, 12:00 AM UTC.
When did Typhoon Carla occur?
The archived track runs from Oct 10, 1967, 12:00 AM UTC to Oct 20, 1967, 12:00 AM UTC, with the tropical stage from Oct 11, 1967, 12:00 PM UTC to Oct 20, 1967, 12:00 AM UTC.
Where did Typhoon Carla form?
In the Western Pacific basin, in the 1967 season. Its first archived position is 11°N, 150°E on Oct 10, 1967, 12:00 AM UTC.
Did Typhoon Carla make landfall?
The archive places its center over land at 2 recorded positions; the strongest is 115 mph on Oct 17, 1967, 12:00 AM UTC. Positions are six-hourly, so this is not a landfall chronology.
METHODOLOGY
Data sources and limitations
The map and summary are generated from NOAA's IBTrACS v04r01 archive. Wind and category use US-agency records; minimum pressure is calculated during the tropical stage, with the archive's pressure source retained. Category 5 refers to the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale; local agencies may use different classifications. Coastlines use Natural Earth's 1:10m land data.
Track distance adds great-circle distances between consecutive observations, excluding gaps over 12 hours. This track has no gaps over 12 hours. The line shows the storm's center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Converted wind speeds are rounded to the nearest whole unit.
Archive retrieved
NOAA IBTrACS archive and Field documentation
Sources & methodology