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WESTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1954 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 34 storms · 1 Mar 1954–26 Dec 1954

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1954 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 34 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 BengalUnnamed: 1 Mar–5 Mar, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormElsie: 5 May–12 May, peak 100 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 27 Jun–27 Jun, no US-agency windFlossie: 4 Jul–10 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 1 Aug–1 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 5 Aug–5 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 4 Aug–5 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 8 Aug–9 Aug, no US-agency windHelen: 12 Aug–17 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Grace: 11 Aug–20 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Ida: 18 Aug–31 Aug, peak 150 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 18 Aug–26 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormGrace: 19 Aug–19 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 22 Aug–25 Aug, no US-agency windKathy: 28 Aug–8 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 30 Aug–1 Sep, no US-agency windUnnamed: 1 Sep–4 Sep, no US-agency windJune: 4 Sep–15 Sep, peak 130 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 12 Sep–12 Sep, no US-agency windLorna: 10 Sep–19 Sep, peak 100 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 17 Sep–18 Sep, no US-agency windMarie: 19 Sep–26 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 27 Sep–28 Sep, no US-agency windNancy: 30 Sep–13 Oct, peak 85 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 5 Oct–7 Oct, no US-agency windOlga: 12 Oct–18 Oct, peak 100 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 24 Oct–26 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormPamela: 28 Oct–8 Nov, peak 150 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 2 Nov–4 Nov, no US-agency windRuby: 2 Nov–12 Nov, peak 150 kt, Category 5Sally: 10 Nov–21 Nov, peak 150 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 20 Nov–21 Nov, no US-agency windTilda: 22 Nov–2 Dec, peak 125 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 23 Dec–26 Dec, no US-agency wind

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1954 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–50Tropical storm9901,040
Elsie–100Cat 39451,950
Unnamed–—Unclassified—440
Flossie–75Cat 19852,170
Unnamed–—Unclassified—750
Unnamed–—Unclassified—840
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,520
Unnamed–—Unclassified—860
Grace–100Cat 39403,640
Helen–70Cat 19652,920
Ida–150Cat 58903,560
Unnamed–40Tropical storm9983,440
Grace–—Unclassified—310
Unnamed–—Unclassified—700
Kathy–90Cat 29404,970
Unnamed–—Unclassified1000750
Unnamed–—Unclassified990670
June–130Cat 49052,960
Lorna–100Cat 39504,450
Unnamed–—Unclassified—850
Unnamed–—Unclassified—610
Marie–75Cat 19525,130
Unnamed–—Unclassified—450
Nancy–85Cat 29652,890
Unnamed–—Unclassified—700
Olga–100Cat 39352,520
Unnamed–40Tropical storm10042,240
Pamela–150Cat 59002,530
Ruby–150Cat 59402,410
Unnamed–—Unclassified—580
Sally–150Cat 59253,210
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,580
Tilda–125Cat 49402,940
Unnamed–—Unclassified9901,220

34 storms with an IBTrACS 1954 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 1 Mar 1954, last 26 Dec 1954.

Tropical storms18

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

Typhoons15

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)10

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 54

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormIda

150 kt · 173 mph / 278 km/h

Lowest pressure890 hPa

Ida, 27 Aug 1954

Longest track record17.9 days

Kathy, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind16

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1954 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 1954 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 15 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 18 tropical storms, with 10 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1954 Pacific typhoon season?

Ida, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 150 kt (Category 5) on 26 Aug 1954, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 890 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1954?

4 storms in the 1954 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Ida, Pamela, Ruby, Sally.

When did the 1954 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 1 Mar 1954 and the last on 26 Dec 1954, from 34 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 1954 Pacific typhoon season?

Elsie, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 8 May 1954, 21:00 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 1954 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