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1953 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 31 storms · 18 Feb 1953–21 Dec 1953

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY354.0
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1953 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 31 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalIrma: 18 Feb–25 Feb, peak 100 kt, Category 3Judy: 28 May–6 Jun, peak 120 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 16 Jun–17 Jun, no US-agency windUnnamed: 23 Jun–2 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormKit: 25 Jun–8 Jul, peak 150 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 24 Jul–25 Jul, no US-agency windLola: 23 Jul–2 Aug, peak 80 kt, Category 1Mamie: 30 Jul–9 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Nina: 7 Aug–18 Aug, peak 160 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 7 Aug–9 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 8 Aug–11 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormOphelia: 10 Aug–16 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Phyllis: 15 Aug–22 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Rita: 24 Aug–3 Sep, peak 125 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 25 Aug–29 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSusan: 15 Sep–20 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Tess: 17 Sep–26 Sep, peak 150 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 21 Sep–24 Sep, no US-agency windUnnamed: 24 Sep–30 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 29 Sep–2 Oct, no US-agency windViola: 2 Oct–7 Oct, peak 100 kt, Category 3Winnie: 6 Oct–10 Oct, peak 65 kt, Category 1Alice: 11 Oct–22 Oct, peak 100 kt, Category 3Betty: 25 Oct–3 Nov, peak 130 kt, Category 4Cora: 8 Nov–19 Nov, peak 120 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 22 Nov–29 Nov, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 27 Nov–3 Dec, no US-agency windUnnamed: 27 Nov–3 Dec, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 1 Dec–3 Dec, no US-agency windUnnamed: 5 Dec–6 Dec, no US-agency windDoris: 9 Dec–21 Dec, peak 150 kt, Category 5

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1953 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Irma–100Cat 39802,770
Judy–120Cat 49403,390
Unnamed–—Unclassified—990
Unnamed–40Tropical storm9922,600
Kit–150Cat 59103,870
Lola–80Cat 19702,460
Unnamed–—Unclassified—510
Mamie–100Cat 39802,370
Nina–160Cat 58856,060
Unnamed–—Unclassified—360
Unnamed–45Tropical storm—690
Ophelia–100Cat 39601,620
Phyllis–75Cat 19753,970
Rita–125Cat 49403,630
Unnamed–55Tropical storm9951,160
Susan–110Cat 39701,250
Tess–150Cat 59004,090
Unnamed–—Unclassified—400
Unnamed–40Tropical storm998950
Unnamed–—Unclassified10002,220
Viola–100Cat 39673,950
Winnie–65Cat 19901,950
Alice–100Cat 39154,050
Betty–130Cat 49662,220
Cora–120Cat 49602,920
Unnamed–40Tropical storm9982,100
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,220
Unnamed–40Tropical storm10001,250
Unnamed–—Unclassified—270
Unnamed–—Unclassified—530
Doris–150Cat 59354,110

31 storms with an IBTrACS 1953 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 18 Feb 1953, last 21 Dec 1953.

Tropical storms23

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Typhoons17

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)14

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 54

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormNina

160 kt · 184 mph / 296 km/h

Lowest pressure885 hPa

Nina, 13 Aug 1953

Longest track record16 days

Nina, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind8

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1953 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 1953 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 17 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 23 tropical storms, with 14 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1953 Pacific typhoon season?

Nina, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 160 kt (Category 5) on 11 Aug 1953, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 885 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1953?

4 storms in the 1953 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Kit, Nina, Tess, Doris.

When did the 1953 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 18 Feb 1953 and the last on 21 Dec 1953, from 31 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 1953 Pacific typhoon season?

Irma, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 21 Feb 1953, 00:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Western Pacific basin for the 1953 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for typhoon strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Western Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology