1963 Pacific typhoon season

1963 Pacific typhoon season

Season summary map
First system formed	April 26, 1963
Last system dissipated	December 28, 1963
Strongest storm	Judy – 920 hPa (mbar), 280 km/h (175 mph) (1-minute sustained)
Tropical depressions	43
Total storms	25
Typhoons	19
Super typhoons	8
Total fatalities	Unknown
Total damage	Unknown
Pacific typhoon seasons 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965

The 1963 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1963, 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 1963 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.

Storms

43 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 25 became tropical storms. 19 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 8 reached super typhoon strength.

Typhoon Olive

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	April 26 – May 5
Peak intensity	230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min)  920 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Polly (Auring)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	May 27 – June 5
Peak intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)  978 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Rose (Bebeng)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	June 6 – June 14
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min)  992 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Shirley (Karing)

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	June 12 – June 20
Peak intensity	260 km/h (160 mph) (1-min)  935 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Trix (Diding)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	June 15 – July 2
Peak intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)  984 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Virginia (Etang)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	July 1 – July 9
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min)  990 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Wendy (Herming)

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 9 – July 20
Peak intensity	250 km/h (155 mph) (1-min)  930 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Agnes (Ising)

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 15 – July 24
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min)  992 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Bess

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 25 – August 11
Peak intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min)  930 mbar (hPa)

On July 27 Tropical Depression 20W formed in the West Pacific. It drifted northward, reaching tropical storm on the 30th before turning to the southwest. Bess turned to the north on August 2, and reached typhoon status early on the 3rd. Bess rapidly intensified to a peak of 150 mph on the 4th, but weakened as it continued northward. On the 9th it struck Japan, and on the 11th Bess became extratropical. At the time, Bess had the longest longevity of a Western Pacific tropical cyclone. Typhoon Bess caused severe damage on the island of Kyūshū. 23 people were killed and 6 were missing.

Typhoon Carmen (Luding)

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 8 – August 18
Peak intensity	230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min)  930 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Elaine

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 23 – August 27
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  965 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Della

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 23 – August 29
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  975 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Faye (Neneng)

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 28 – September 11
Peak intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min)  960 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Faye struck Hong Kong killing 3 people.

Typhoon Gloria (Oniang)

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 3 – September 15
Peak intensity	250 km/h (155 mph) (1-min)  920 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Gloria, which developed on September 5 in the open waters of the West Pacific, rapidly intensified to a peak of 155 mph on the 9th. It weakened as it continued west-northwestward, and hit extreme northeastern Taiwan on the 11th as a 100 mph typhoon. It caused severe flooding in Northern Taiwan and hundreds of casualties. Gloria continued westward, and hit eastern China that night as an 85 mph typhoon. The storm looped over land to the northeast, and dissipated on the 13th to the east of China. Gloria caused 239 casualties, with 89 missing.

Tropical Storm Hester (Pepang)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	September 7 – September 13
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  998 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Irma

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	September 16 – September 22
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  1002 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Judy

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 27 – October 4
Peak intensity	280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min)  920 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Kit (Rosing)

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 3 – October 11
Peak intensity	250 km/h (155 mph) (1-min)  930 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Lola

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 6 – October 19
Peak intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min)  943 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Mamie

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 13 – October 18
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  965 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Nina

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	October 18 – October 20
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  1000 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Ora

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 22 – October 30
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min)  985 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Phyllis (Sisang)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	December 8 – December 15
Peak intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)  994 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Rita (Trining)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	December 15 – December 19
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  998 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Susan

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	December 18 – December 28
Peak intensity	250 km/h (155 mph) (1-min)  935 mbar (hPa)

1963 storm names

Agnes 18W Bess 20W Carmen 23W Della 25W Elaine 27W Faye 28W Gloria 29W Hester 30W Irma 32W Judy 34W Kit 35W Lola 36W Mamie 37W Nina 38W Ora 39W Phyllis 41W Rita 42W Susan 43W Tess Viola Winnie

Alice Betty Cora Doris Elsie Flossie Grace Helen Ida June Kathy Lorna Marie Nancy Olga Pamela Ruby Sally Tilda Violet Wilda

Anita Billie Clara Dot Ellen Fran Georgia Hope Iris Joan Kate Louise Marge Nora Opal Patsy Ruth Sarah Thelma Vera Wanda

Amy Babe Carla Dinah Emma Freda Gilda Harriet Ivy Jean Kim Lucy Mary Nadine Olive 5W Polly 9W Rose 10W Shirley 11W Trix 12W Virginia 15W Wendy 16W

See also

• 1963 Atlantic hurricane season
• 1963 Pacific hurricane season
• 1963 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

External links

• Japan Meteorological Agency
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
• China Meteorological Agency
• National Weather Service Guam
• Hong Kong Observatory
• Macau Meteorological Geophysical Services
• Korea Meteorological Agency
• Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
• Taiwan Central Weather Bureau
• Digital Typhoon - Typhoon Images and Information
• Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website