1969 Pacific Typhoon Season – Wikipedia

Time of typhoon formation in 1969

The 1969 Pacific typhoon season was the fourth least-active season on record. ^[first] The season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1969, 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 1969 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

Systems [ edit ]

34 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 23 became tropical storms. 13 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 2 reached super typhoon strength.

Typhoon Phyllis [ edit ]

Duration	January 16 – January 24
Peak intensity	155 KM/H (100 MPH) (1-min) 965 HPA (MBAR)

Tropical Storm Rita [ edit ]

Duration	March 6 – March 9
Peak intensity	75 KM/H (45 MPH) (1-min) 995 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Susan (Atring) [ edit ]

Duration	April 15 – April 26
Peak intensity	195 KM/H (120 MPH) (1-min) 940 HPA (MBAR)

Tropical Depression Bining [ edit ]

Duration	May 3 – May 5
Peak intensity	55 KM/H (35 MPH) (10-min)

Typhoon Tess (me) [ edit ]

Duration	July 6 – July 12
Peak intensity	130 KM/H (80 MPH) (1-min) 970 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Viola (Elang) [ edit ]

Duration	July 20 – July 30
Peak intensity	240 KM/H (150 MPH) (1-min) 896 HPA (MBAR)

Large Super Typhoon Viola, which formed on July 22 east of the Philippines, brushed northern Luzon with winds of 150 mph on the 26th. It continued to the northwest, and weakened due to lack of inflow. Viola hit southeastern China as a minimal typhoon on the 28th, and dissipated the next day. The typhoon caused more than 1000 deaths in and around Shantou, Guangdong, China, where it made the landfall.

Tropical Depression Daling [ edit ]

Duration	July 21 – July 25
Peak intensity	55 KM/H (35 MPH) (10-min) 1000 HPA (MBAR)

Severe Tropical Storm Winnie (Goring) [ edit ]

Duration	July 26 – August 2
Peak intensity	95 KM/H (60 MPH) (1-min) 988 HPA (MBAR)

Severe Tropical Storm Alice [ edit ]

Duration	August 1 – August 5
Peak intensity	85 KM/H (50 MPH) (1-min) 985 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Betty (last) [ edit ]

Duration	August 4 – August 10
Peak intensity	130 KM/H (80 MPH) (1-min) 960 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Cora (Ibiang) [ edit ]

Duration	August 12 – August 23
Peak intensity	155 KM/H (100 MPH) (1-min) 935 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Doris [ edit ]

Duration	August 29 – September 3
Peak intensity	120 KM/H (75 MPH) (1-min) 975 HPA (MBAR)

Tropical Depression 12W [ edit ]

Duration	September 4 – September 10
Peak intensity	55 KM/H (35 MPH) (10-min) 998 HPA (MBAR)

Tropical Depression Luming [ edit ]

Duration	September 3 – September 8
Peak intensity	55 KM/H (35 MPH) (10-min) 1004 HPA (MBAR)

Tropical Depression 11W [ edit ]

Duration	September 8 – September 15
Peak intensity	55 KM/H (35 MPH) (10-min) 992 HPA (MBAR)

Tropical Depression 13W (Miling) [ edit ]

Duration	September 9 – September 14
Peak intensity	55 KM/H (35 MPH) (10-min) 996 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Elsie (narsing) [ edit ]

Duration	September 16 – September 28
Peak intensity	280 KM/H (175 MPH) (1-min) 895 HPA (MBAR)

On September 19, Tropical Depression 14W formed over the open Western Pacific. It tracked almost due westward, becoming a tropical storm on the 20th and a typhoon on the 21st. Elsie continued to intensify, and reached a peak of 175 mph winds on the 24th. After peaking, the typhoon steadily weakened as it moved westward. On the 26th 105 mph Typhoon Elsie hit northern Taiwan, and a day later hit eastern China. After drifting northward, Elsie dissipated over China on September 28. The typhoon killed 102 people, with 24 missing and 227 injured from the system.

Typhoon Flossie (Openg) [ edit ]

Duration	September 27 – October 9
Peak intensity	110 KM/H (70 MPH) (1-min) 960 HPA (MBAR)

Just days after Elsie hit Taiwan, Tropical Storm Flossie approached Taiwan. From October 1 to the 5th, it drifted northward offshore of the island. It accelerated to the northeast, and became extratropical on the 10th east of Japan. Flossie’s heavy rains left 75 people dead.

Typhoon Grace [ edit ]

Duration	September 28 – October 8
Peak intensity	175 KM/H (110 MPH) (1-min) 940 HPA (MBAR)

Tropical Depression 17W [ edit ]

Duration	September 30 – October 1
Peak intensity	55 KM/H (35 MPH) (10-min) 1002 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Helen [ edit ]

Duration	October 5 – October 13
Peak intensity	195 KM/H (120 MPH) (1-min) 930 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Ida [ edit ]

Duration	October 14 – October 24
Peak intensity	215 KM/H (130 MPH) (1-min) 915 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon June (Pining) [ edit ]

Duration	October 26 – November 5
Peak intensity	195 KM/H (120 MPH) (1-min) 940 HPA (MBAR)

Typhoon Kathy (rubing) [ edit ]

Duration	November 2 – November 9
Peak intensity	205 KM/H (125 MPH) (1-min) 925 HPA (MBAR)

Severe Tropical Storm Lorna (Saling) [ edit ]

Duration	November 23 – November 30
Peak intensity	95 KM/H (60 MPH) (1-min) 985 HPA (MBAR)

Tropical Storm Marie [ edit ]

Duration	December 18 – December 21
Peak intensity	95 KM/H (60 MPH) (1-min) 995 HPA (MBAR)

Storm names [ edit ]

International [ edit ]

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1969 was named Phyllis and the final one was named Marie.

Agnes Bonnie Carmen From the Eline Faye Gloria Hester Irma Judy Kit Lola Mamie Nina Not Phyllis 1W Rita 2W Susan 3W Tess 4W Viola 5W Winnie 6W

Alice 7W Betty 8W Cora 9W Doris 10W Elsie 14W Flossie 15w Grace 16W Helen 18w East 19W June 20W Kathy 21W Lorna 22W Marie 23W Nancy Olga Pamela Ruby Sally Therese Violet Wilda

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

Amy Babe Carla Dinah Emma Freda Valid Harriet Ivy Jean Needle Lucy Mary Nadine Olive Polly Rose Shirley Trix Virginia Wendy

Philippines [ edit ]

Atring	Bining	scabby	quickly	Hawk
Goring	Last	IBARY	Luming	Miling
Narsing	Air	Pining	Rubing	Each other
Tasing (unused)	Unding  (unused)	Walding (unused)	Yeyeng (unused)
Auxiliary list
				Anding (unused)
Sing (unused)	Kadiang (unused)	Dance (unused)	EPANG (unused)	Gundang (unused)

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 6 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1973 season. This is the same list used for the 1965 season. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with “ng” (A, B, K, D, etc.). Names that were not assigned/going to use are marked in gray .

Season effects [ edit ]

This table will list all the storms that developed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line and north of the equator during 1969. It will include their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, deaths, missing persons (in parentheses), and damage totals. Classification and intensity values will be based on estimations conducted by the JMA, however due to lack of information around this time sustained winds were recorded by the JTWC. All damage figures will be in 1969 USD. Damages and deaths from a storm will include when the storm was a precursor wave or an extratropical low.

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