1950 Pacific typhoon season

	Typhoon (JMA)
	Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	May 6 – May 14
Peak intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min) 922 hPa (mbar)

	Severe tropical storm (CMA)
Duration	April 12 – April 15
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min) 984 hPa (mbar)

1950 Pacific typhoon season
	Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
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 (unofficial)
Total fatalities	544 total
Total damage	Unknown
Related articles
	1950 Atlantic hurricane season; 1950 Pacific hurricane season;

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.

Systems

Severe Tropical Storm One

Typhoon Doris

Doris was an intense category 4 Super Typhoon that mostly remained out to sea. It formed on May 6, peaked as a strong category 4, and then dissipated on May 14. Doris reached a very low pressure of 922 mbar.

Tropical Storm 02W

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)

Duration	June 5 – June 9
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min) 997 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Elsie

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	June 22 – June 24
Peak intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min) 981 hPa (mbar)

CMA Severe Tropical Storm Six

Severe tropical storm (CMA)

Duration	July 12 – July 15
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Flossie

Typhoon (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)

Duration	July 15 – July 19
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min) 993 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Grace

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	July 15 – July 22
Peak intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min) 981 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Helene

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)

Duration	July 24 – August 1
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min) 990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Thirteen

Tropical storm (CMA)

Duration	August 2 – August 4
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 992 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Fifteen

Tropical storm (CMA)

Duration	August 3 – August 4
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 998 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Sixteen

Tropical storm (JMA)

Duration	August 4 – August 6
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 996 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ida

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	August 9 – August 22
Peak intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min) 973 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Depression Twenty

Tropical depression (JMA)

Duration	August 10 – August 14
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 990 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-one

Severe tropical storm (CMA)

Duration	August 11 – August 14
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min) 980 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-three

Tropical storm (JMA)

Duration	August 14 – August 22
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min) 990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Jane

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	August 29 – September 3
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 943 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Jane struck the island of Shikoku in Japan on the 3rd of September. Resulting flooding and landslides killed 539 people.

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.

Typhoon Kezia

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	September 4 – September 14
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 945 hPa (mbar)

On September 13 Typhoon Kezia hit part of the fleet off Kyushu.

P-51 Mustangs belonging to No. 77 Squadron RAAF were grounded at Iwakuni because of the typhoon on September 13 and 14.[1]

There was great damage in western Japan. In Japan, 30 dead, 19 missing people, 35 injured. The total damage and breakage of the house is 4,836. There are 121,1924 inundated houses. In the Itsukushima Shrine the building was damaged, the Kintai Bridge was lost.[2]

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-six

Severe tropical storm (CMA)

Duration	September 6 – September 8
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 995 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Lucretia-Nancy

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)

Duration	September 14 – September 19
Peak intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min) 987 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Missatha

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	September 13 – September 18
Peak intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min) 984 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ossia

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	September 27 – October 6
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 966 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Petie

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	October 18 – October 24
Peak intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min) 978 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Thirty-five

Severe tropical storm (CMA)

Duration	October 26 – October 31
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 995 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ruby

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	October 27 – October 31
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 918 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Billie

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	November 4 – November 9
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min) 985 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Clara

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	November 4 – November 12
Peak intensity	230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min) 899 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Delilah

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)

Duration	November 19 – November 25
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min) 989 hPa (mbar)

This Tropical Storm affected the Philippines.

Severe Tropical Storm Ellen

Severe tropical storm (CMA)

Duration	December 11 – December 13
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min) 990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Fran

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)

Duration	December 26 – January 1
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min) 980 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Fran was a late season storm that struck the northern Philippines killing 5 people.[3]

Storm names

20 Names were used during the season, the first being Doris and the last was Fran

Storm Names
1. Doris	11. Nancy
2. Elsie	12. Ossia
3. Flossie	13. Pete
4. #Grace	14. Ruby
5. Helene	15. Anita
6.Ida	16. Billie
7. Jane	17. Clara
8. Kezia	18. Delilah
9. Lucretia	19. Ellen
10. Missatha	20. Fran

Names Decommissioned

After the season 8 names were decommissioned by the WMO NAMELY: Delilah, Helene, Jane, Kezia, Lucretia, Missatha, Ossia, and Petie and AND subsequently replaced with Dot, Helen, June, Kathy, Lorna, Marie, Olga, and Pamela.

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References

"RAAF Form A.50 - No. 77 Squadron, RAAF - September 1950". AviationHeritage.org. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
"錦帯橋の歴史". 岩国市観光振興課. 2012-09-21. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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[AHOrg-1] "RAAF Form A.50 - No. 77 Squadron, RAAF - September 1950". AviationHeritage.org. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[2] "錦帯橋の歴史". 岩国市観光振興課. 2012-09-21. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2019-01-15.

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