1974 Pacific typhoon season
| 1974 Pacific typhoon season | |
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Season summary map
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| First system formed | January 9, 1974 |
| Last system dissipated | December 24, 1974 |
| Strongest storm | |
| Name | Gloria |
| • Maximum winds | 220 km/h (140 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure | 930 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total depressions | 35 |
| Total storms | 32 |
| Typhoons | 16 |
| Super typhoons | 0 (record low) |
| Total fatalities | Unknown |
| Total damage | Unknown |
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| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | January 9 – January 14 |
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| Peak intensity | 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min) 992 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | March 13 – March 21 |
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| Peak intensity | 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min) 992 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | April 25 – May 3 |
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| Peak intensity | 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min) 985 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | May 1 – May 8 |
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| Peak intensity | 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min) 965 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 6 – June 8 |
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| Peak intensity | 55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min) |
| Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 7 – June 14 |
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| Peak intensity | 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min) 965 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | June 12 – June 19 |
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| Peak intensity | 110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min) 990 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 20 – June 23 |
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| Peak intensity | 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min) 990 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 29 – July 8 |
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| Peak intensity | 165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min) 945 hPa (mbar) |
The 1974 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1974, 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 1974 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.
35 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 32 became tropical storms. 16 storms reached typhoon intensity, and none reached super typhoon strength. This season is the most recent to have no super typhoons.
A tropical disturbance developed on January 8 to the southwest of Palau.By the next day, the disturbance was upgraded to a tropical depression and to a tropical storm. Wanda reached its peak intensity on January 10 as a 65 mph tropical storm. The storm was then downgraded to a tropical depression on January 11. Wanda then dissipated on January 14.
Dinah, which developed on June 7, hit Luzon on the 10th as an 80 mph typhoon. It continued northwestward, hit Hainan Island, crossed the Gulf of Tonkin, and dissipated over Vietnam. Dinah caused 73 casualties (with 33 missing), with $3 million in crop damage (1974 USD).
When Tropical Storm Gilda, having weakened from a peak of 100 mph winds, crossed between Japan and South Korea in early July, it brought torrential rains and mudslides, killing 128 people (with 26 missing) and causing damage estimated at $1.5 billion (1974 USD).
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