1953 Pacific typhoon season

Season summary

ImageSize = width:750 height:305 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:25 left:20 Legend = columns:3 left:30 top:58 columnwidth:270

AlignBars = early DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1953 till:01/01/1954 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMinor = grid:black unit:month increment:1 start:01/01/1953

Colors = id:canvas value:gray(0.88) id:GP value:red id:TD value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.92) legend:Tropical_Depression_=≤38_mph(≤62_km/h) id:TS value:rgb(0.3,1,1) legend:Tropical_Storm_=39–73_mph(63–117_km/h) id:C1 value:rgb(1,1,0.85) legend:Category_1_=74–95_mph(118–153_km/h) id:C2 value:rgb(1,0.85,0.55) legend:Category_2_=96–110_mph(154–177_km/h) id:C3 value:rgb(1,0.62,0.35) legend:Category_3_=111–129_mph(178–208_km/h) id:C4 value:rgb(1,0.45,0.54) legend:Category_4_=130–156_mph(209–251_km/h) id:C5 value:rgb(0.55,0.46,0.90) legend:Category_5_=≥157_mph(≥252_km/h)

Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas

BarData = barset:Hurricane bar:Month

PlotData= barset:Hurricane width:11 align:left fontsize:S shift:(4,-4) anchor:till from:18/02/1953 till:25/02/1953 color:C3 text:"Irma" from:28/05/1953 till:07/06/1953 color:C4 text:"Judy" from:21/06/1953 till:02/07/1953 color:TS text:"04W" from:25/06/1953 till:08/07/1953 color:C5 text:"Kit" from:23/07/1953 till:03/08/1953 color:C1 text:"Lola" from:30/07/1953 till:08/08/1953 color:C3 text:"Mamie" from:08/08/1953 till:18/08/1953 color:C5 text:"Nina" from:09/08/1953 till:11/08/1953 color:TS text:"09W" from:12/08/1953 till:16/08/1953 color:C3 text:"Ophelia" from:15/08/1953 till:22/08/1953 color:C1 text:"Phyllis" from:23/08/1953 till:02/09/1953 color:C4 text:Rita" from:26/08/1953 till:29/08/1953 color:TS text:"13W" from:15/09/1953 till:20/09/1953 color:C3 text:"Susan" barset:break from:17/09/1953 till:27/09/1953 color:C5 text:"Tess" from:25/09/1953 till:28/09/1953 color:TS text:"16W" from:01/10/1953 till:03/10/1953 color:TD text:"TD" from:03/10/1953 till:08/10/1953 color:C3 text:"Viola" from:06/10/1953 till:09/10/1953 color:C1 text:"Winnie" from:11/10/1953 till:23/10/1953 color:C3 text:"Alice" from:25/10/1953 till:02/11/1953 color:C4 text:"Betty" from:08/11/1953 till:20/11/1953 color:C4 text:"Cora" from:25/11/1953 till:29/11/1953 color:TS text:"22W" from:28/11/1953 till:03/12/1953 color:TS text:"23W" from:09/12/1953 till:22/12/1953 color:C5 text:"Doris" barset:break bar:Month width:5 align:center fontsize:S shift:(0,-20) anchor:middle color:canvas from:01/01/1953 till:01/02/1953 text:January from:01/02/1953 till:01/03/1953 text:February from:01/03/1953 till:01/04/1953 text:March from:01/04/1953 till:01/05/1953 text:April from:01/05/1953 till:01/06/1953 text:May from:01/06/1953 till:01/07/1953 text:June from:01/07/1953 till:01/08/1953 text:July from:01/08/1953 till:01/09/1953 text:August from:01/09/1953 till:01/10/1953 text:September from:01/10/1953 till:01/11/1953 text:October from:01/11/1953 till:01/12/1953 text:November from:01/12/1953 till:01/01/1954 text:December

TextData = pos:(570,30) text:"(From the" pos:(617,30) text:"Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale)"

Systems

24 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific. 17 storms reached typhoon intensity, and 5 reached super typhoon strength.

Typhoon Irma

|1-min winds=100

Typhoon Judy

|1-min winds=120

Judy damaged multiple areas in Japan, causing 37 deaths, 17 injuries, and leading 56 people missing. The storm also destroyed 1802 houses, inundated another 33 thousand, and damaged 139 ships.

Tropical Storm 04W

|1-min winds=40

Super Typhoon Kit

|1-min winds=150

Because of the storm, strong winds were recorded in Batanes, with widespread precipitation. Other than rain, Kit destroyed a ship and damaged another.

Typhoon Lola

|1-min winds=80 On July 23, Lola spawned southeast of Japan. The typhoon curved northwest before differing between north and west. The storm then drifted north before curving northeast and dissipating shortly after on August 3.

Typhoon Mamie

|1-min winds=100

Super Typhoon Nina

|1-min winds=160

After landfall, Nina curved north. The storm turned into an extratropical cyclone, and made landfall in Japan on August 20.

Tropical Storm 09W

|1-min winds=45

Typhoon Ophelia

|1-min winds=100

Typhoon Phyllis

|1-min winds=75

Typhoon Rita

|1-min winds=125

Tropical Storm 13W

|1-min winds=55

Typhoon Susan

|1-min winds=110 Susan hit Hong Kong as a Category 3 typhoon.

Super Typhoon Tess

|1-min winds=150 Typhoon Tess formed in the eastern Caroline Islands on September 16. The cyclone moved northwest over the following days, remained relatively weak until around the September 21, but on the 22nd it strengthened rapidly, with a wind speed of 135 mph (217 km/h) recorded in the US.

The pressure of Typhoon Tess was 993 millibars (29.3 inHg) at 9:00 (JST) on the same day and dropped to 900mb at 15:00 JST. This pressure drop corresponds to the largest of Pacific typhoons since 1951. Over the following days, Tess weakened, moving northeast. Tess finally crossed the Shima Peninsula and made landfall to Aichi Prefecture on the September 25, then swerving at the last hour, barely missing Tokyo. The storm then weakened into an extratropical cyclone on September 27 and dissipated on September 29, just south of the Korean Peninsula. During the storm, 393 people were killed and 85 were missing.

Tropical Storm 16W

|1-min winds=40

JMA Tropical Storm 15

|1-min winds=

Typhoon Viola

|1-min winds=100

Typhoon Winnie

|1-min winds=65

Typhoon Alice

|1-min winds=100

Typhoon Betty

|1-min winds=130

Typhoon Cora

|1-min winds=120

Tropical Storm 22W

|1-min winds=40

Tropical Storm 23W

|1-min winds=40

Super Typhoon Doris

|1-min winds=150

A rare late-season Super Typhoon. Doris did not affect land, but caused nine fatalities when a USAF PB4Y-2 disappeared during a flight into the typhoon.

Storm names

References

References

1. "1953 Typhoon IRMA (1953049N07167)". IBTRACS.
2. "1953 Super Typhoon JUDY (1953148N08150)". IBTRACS.
3. "Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 195302 (JUDY) - Disaster Information".
4. (June 3, 1953). "Typhoon Skirts Philippines". The New York Times.
5. "1953 Tropical Storm UNNAMED (1953172N08142)". IBTRACS.
6. "1953 Super Typhoon KIT (1953176N05150)". IBTRACS.
7. (1950). "Report". Philippine Weather Bureau.
8. Council, United States Merchant Marine. (1955). "Proceedings". U.S. Coast Guard..
9. "1953 Typhoon LOLA (1953205N17158)".
10. "1953 Super Typhoon NINA (1953219N08155)". IBTRACS.
11. "Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 195307 (NINA) - General Information (Pressure and Track Charts)".
12. "1953 Tropical Storm UNNAMED (1953221N18118)". IBTRACS.
13. "1953 Typhoon OPHELIA (1953222N17127)". IBTRACS.
14. "Significant storm surge events in Hong Kong before 1953".
15. "Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 195313 (TESS) - Disaster Information".
16. [https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/the-6-lost-hurricane-hunter-missions-part-iii-typhoon-doris-1953.html "The 6 lost Hurricane Hunter missions, Part III: Typhoon Doris, 1953"] {{Webarchive. link. (2020-08-01 ''[[Weather Underground]]'' Retrieved: 3 April 2020.)