The 1952 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds, 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
The International Date Line (IDL) is an internationally accepted demarcation on the surface of Earth, running between the South and North Poles and serving as the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific O ...
. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see
1952 Pacific hurricane season
The 1952 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1952. Of the seven known tropical cyclones, all remained at sea.
Systems Tropical Storm One
Tropical Storm One existed from May 29 to May 31.
Tropical Storm Two
Tropical Stor ...
. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the
Fleet Weather Center
The Joint typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force command in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The JTWC is responsible for the issuing of tropical cyclone warnings in the North-West Pacific Ocean, South P ...
on
Guam.
Season summary
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Systems
Typhoon Charlotte
Typhoon Charlotte formed on June 10, near the
Philippines. It then strengthened and made landfall as a minimal typhoon near
Hong Kong before dissipating on June 15.
Typhoon Dinah
On June 23, Dinah struck to the west of the Kanto Region in Japan. 65 people were killed and 70 were missing.
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Typhoon Emma
Typhoon Emma hit the Philippines and South China, especially Hainan Island.
Tropical Storm Freda
Freda weakened to a tropical depression before hitting Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...
.
Tropical Storm Gilda
Tropical Storm Gilda hit China as a tropical storm.
Typhoon Harriet
Harriet hit China as a Category 3 typhoon, with winds of .
Tropical Storm Ivy
Tropical Storm Jeanne
Typhoon Karen
Typhoon Karen struck land, mostly Korea and Japan.
Typhoon Lois
Typhoon Mary
Typhoon Nona
Tropical Storm 12W
Typhoon Olive
Typhoon Olive was one of the strongest typhoons of the 1952 Pacific Typhoon Season. It caused no deaths but still had significant effects on Wake Island and caused 4 injuries as well as costing > 1.6 million dollars in damages.
Tropical Storm 14W
Typhoon Polly
Typhoon Rose
Tropical Storm Shirley
Shirley tracked through Vietnam. Shirley weakened to a tropical depression before hitting Vietnam.
Typhoon Trix
Typhoon Trix was a deadly typhoon that struck the Philippines as a Category 3 typhoon. It struck the Bicol region, killing 995 people.
Typhoon Vae
After striking Vietnam, Vae crossed over to the North Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), Australia to the east. To the so ...
before dissipating.
Typhoon Wilma
On October 26, ten people were lost when a USAF WB-29 disappeared during a flight into Super Typhoon Wilma.[Deadly Hurricane Hunter Flights](_blank)
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Typhoon Agnes
Typhoon Bess
Typhoon Carmen
Typhoon Della
Tropical Storm Elaine
Tropical Storm Faye
Typhoon Gloria
Typhoon Hester
Typhoon Hester remained in the open sea. Despite this, Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll (; also spelled Eniwetok Atoll or sometimes Eniewetok; mh, Ānewetak, , or , ; known to the Japanese as Brown Atoll or Brown Island; ja, ブラウン環礁) is a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean and with it ...
experienced severe flooding..
Storm names
See also
* 1952 Pacific hurricane season
The 1952 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1952. Of the seven known tropical cyclones, all remained at sea.
Systems Tropical Storm One
Tropical Storm One existed from May 29 to May 31.
Tropical Storm Two
Tropical Stor ...
* 1952 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1952 Atlantic hurricane season was the last Atlantic hurricane season in which tropical cyclones were named using the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet. It was a near normal Atlantic hurricane season, although it was the least active since 19 ...
* 1952 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The years between 1950 and 1959 featured the 1950s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons. Each season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The North Indian tropical cyclone season has no bounds, but they tend to for ...
* Australian region cyclone seasons: 1952–53 1953–54
* South Pacific cyclone seasons: 1952–53 1953–54
* South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1952–53 1953–54
References
{{TC Decades, Year=1950, basin=Pacific, type=typhoon
Pacific typhoon seasons