1953 Pacific typhoon season
| 1953 Pacific typhoon season |
Season summary map
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| Seasonal boundaries |
| First system formed |
February 18, 1953 |
| Last system dissipated |
December 22, 1953 |
| Strongest storm |
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| Name |
Nina |
| • Maximum winds |
295 km/h (185 mph) |
| • Lowest pressure |
885 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics |
| Total storms |
24 |
| Typhoons |
17 |
| Super typhoons |
5 |
| Total fatalities |
430 |
| Total damage |
Unknown |
| Related articles |
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Pacific typhoon seasons
1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
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| Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
February 18 – February 25 |
| Peak intensity |
185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 980 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
May 28 – June 7 |
| Peak intensity |
220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min) 940 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 24 – June 26 |
| Peak intensity |
75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min) 1000 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 25 – July 8 |
| Peak intensity |
280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min) 910 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
July 23 – August 3 |
| Peak intensity |
150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min) 970 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
July 30 – August 8 |
| Peak intensity |
185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 980 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 8 – August 18 |
| Peak intensity |
295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min) 885 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 9 – August 11 |
| Peak intensity |
85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min) |
| Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 12 – August 16 |
| Peak intensity |
185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 960 hPa (mbar) |
The 1953 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1954, 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 1953 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.
Typhoon Judy struck the Southern Japanese island of Kyūshū. 37 people were killed and 15 were missing.
Nina was a major storm. It made landfall in China as a Category 4 tropical cyclone.
Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. 393 people were killed and 85 were missing.
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