1950 Pacific typhoon season
| 1950 Pacific typhoon season | |
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Season summary map
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| First system formed | April 12, 1950 |
| Last system dissipated | January 1, 1951 |
| Strongest storm | |
| Name | Clara |
| • Maximum winds | 230 km/h (145 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure | 899 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total storms | 18 |
| Typhoons | 12 |
| Super typhoons | 1 |
| Total fatalities | 544 total |
| Total damage | Unknown |
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| Severe tropical storm (CMA) | |
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| Duration | April 12 – April 15 |
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| Peak intensity | 110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min) 984 hPa (mbar) |
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| Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | May 6 – May 14 |
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| Peak intensity | 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min) 922 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | June 5 – June 9 |
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| Peak intensity | 65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min) 997 hPa (mbar) |
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| Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 22 – June 24 |
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| Peak intensity | 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min) 981 hPa (mbar) |
| Severe tropical storm (CMA) | |
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| Duration | July 12 – July 15 |
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| Peak intensity | 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 990 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | July 15 – July 19 |
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| Peak intensity | 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min) 993 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | July 15 – July 22 |
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| Peak intensity | 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min) 981 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | July 24 – August 1 |
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| Peak intensity | 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min) 990 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | August 2 – August 4 |
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| Peak intensity | 75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 992 hPa (mbar) |
The 1950 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1950, 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 1950 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the North Pacific Typhoon Warning Service.
Doris was an intense category 4 Super Typhoon that mostly remained out to sea. It formed on May 6th, peaked as a strong category 4, and then dissipated on May 14. Doris reached a very low pressure of 922 mbar.
Typhoon Jane struck the island of Shikoku in Japan on the 3rd of September. Resulting flooding and landslides killed 539 people. [1]
In late August, a depression formed and quickly intensified into a tropical storm and was given the name Jane. The storm drifted west-northwestward and intensified into a typhoon. Jane gradually curved to the north and intensified to a category 2 typhoon. Jane shortly reached category 3 status and peak intensity at 185 km/h (115 mph). The typhoon accelerated to the north-northeast and weakened to a category 2 storm and made landfall in the modern-day Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area. Jane crossed Kyoto Prefecture and weakened to a tropical storm and crossed the Noto Peninsula and reentered the Sea of Japan and passed just west of Sado Island. The storm struck eastern Aomori Prefecture and crossed the Tsugaru Straits and made a final landfall on the south coast of Hokkaido Prefecture. Jane crossed Hokkaido and dissipated south of the Kuril Islands.
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