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1963 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 37 storms · 25 Mar 1963–29 Dec 1963

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY376.5
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1963 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 37 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: 25 Mar–25 Mar, no US-agency windUnnamed: 31 Mar–5 Apr, no US-agency windOlive: 25 Apr–5 May, peak 125 kt, Category 4Polly: 31 May–5 Jun, peak 70 kt, Category 1Rose: 6 Jun–14 Jun, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormShirley: 12 Jun–20 Jun, peak 140 kt, Category 5Trix: 24 Jun–2 Jul, peak 70 kt, Category 1Virginia: 5 Jul–9 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormWendy: 9 Jul–20 Jul, peak 135 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 11 Jul–13 Jul, no US-agency windAgnes: 17 Jul–24 Jul, peak 85 kt, Category 2Bess: 27 Jul–11 Aug, peak 130 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 29 Jul–1 Aug, no US-agency windCarmen: 7 Aug–18 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 21 Aug–23 Aug, no US-agency windElaine: 24 Aug–27 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Della: 25 Aug–29 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 28 Aug–30 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 26 Aug–26 Aug, no US-agency windFaye: 1 Sep–11 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 1 Sep–5 Sep, no US-agency windGloria: 3 Sep–15 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Hester: 10 Sep–13 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormIrma: 16 Sep–22 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 22 Sep–29 Sep, no US-agency windJudy: 29 Sep–4 Oct, peak 150 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 2 Oct–7 Oct, no US-agency windKit: 5 Oct–11 Oct, peak 135 kt, Category 4Lola: 8 Oct–19 Oct, peak 130 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 8 Oct–10 Oct, no US-agency windMamie: 14 Oct–18 Oct, peak 100 kt, Category 3Nina: 18 Oct–20 Oct, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormOra: 22 Oct–30 Oct, peak 80 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 3 Nov–5 Nov, no US-agency windPhyllis: 10 Dec–13 Dec, peak 75 kt, Category 1Rita: 16 Dec–19 Dec, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormSusan: 20 Dec–29 Dec, peak 135 kt, Category 4

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1963 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–—Unclassified—100
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,690
Olive–125Cat 49203,600
Polly–70Cat 19783,800
Rose–50Tropical storm9923,830
Shirley–140Cat 59354,310
Trix–70Cat 19844,320
Virginia–50Tropical storm9902,350
Wendy–135Cat 49304,520
Unnamed–—Unclassified—640
Agnes–85Cat 29922,520
Bess–130Cat 49305,040
Unnamed–—Unclassified—960
Carmen–125Cat 49302,780
Unnamed–—Unclassified—910
Elaine–100Cat 39652,720
Della–100Cat 39752,930
Unnamed–—Unclassified—150
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,170
Faye–110Cat 39603,330
Unnamed–—Unclassified—930
Gloria–135Cat 49202,120
Hester–45Tropical storm9984,060
Irma–40Tropical storm10021,940
Unnamed–—Unclassified—2,450
Judy–150Cat 59203,790
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,430
Kit–135Cat 49303,950
Lola–130Cat 49434,990
Unnamed–—Unclassified—280
Mamie–100Cat 39651,910
Nina–35Tropical storm—1,260
Ora–80Cat 19853,190
Unnamed–—Unclassified—210
Phyllis–75Cat 19941,330
Rita–40Tropical storm9982,390
Susan–135Cat 49353,820

37 storms with an IBTrACS 1963 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 25 Mar 1963, last 29 Dec 1963.

Tropical storms25

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

Typhoons19

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)14

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormJudy

150 kt · 173 mph / 278 km/h

Lowest pressure920 hPa

Olive, 29 Apr 1963

Longest track record21.6 days

Bess, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind12

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1963 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 1963 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 19 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 25 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 1963 Pacific typhoon season?

Judy, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 150 kt (Category 5) on 2 Oct 1963, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 920 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1963?

2 storms in the 1963 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Shirley, Judy.

When did the 1963 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 25 Mar 1963 and the last on 29 Dec 1963, from 37 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 1963 Pacific typhoon season?

Olive, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 27 Apr 1963, 09:00 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 1963 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