Typhoon Sally (1954)
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The 1954 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1954, 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
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. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see
1954 Pacific hurricane season The 1954 Pacific hurricane season featured below-average activity, with eleven tropical storms identified. The season officially started on May 15 and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year ...
. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the
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on
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.


Systems

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Tropical Storm 01W

A storm that affected the Philippines.


Typhoon Elsie

Elsie hit Hong Kong.


Typhoon Flossie

Flossie tracked into open waters.


Typhoon Grace

Typhoon Grace struck the Southern Japanese islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku as well as Okinawa. 28 people were killed and 33 were missing.


Typhoon Helen


Typhoon Ida

Ida was the strongest storm of 1954, and made landfall in China.


Tropical Storm 07W


Tropical Storm 08W


Typhoon Kathy

Kathy hit Japan.


Typhoon June

Typhoon June struck the Southern Japanese hitting the area west of Kanto especially hard. 107 people were killed and 39 were missing.


Typhoon Lorna

Typhoon Lorna brushed the southern coast of the Japanese island of Shikoku. 34 people were killed and 20 were missing.


Typhoon Marie

Typhoon Marie had a minimum pressure of 956 mb and a maximum windspeeds of 85 mph. Marie crossed the southern islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku before turning northeast and striking Hokkaidō island. Marie caused the ship ''
Toya Maru Toya may refer to: Places * Tōya, Hokkaidō, a former village in Abuta District, Iburi, Hokkaidō, Japan * Tōyako, Hokkaidō, a town incorporating Tōya, Hokkaidō ** Tōya Station (Tōyako), a railway station in Tōyako *Lake Tōya, a volcanic ...
'' to sink in the
Tsugaru Strait The is a strait between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the western part of Aomori Prefecture. The Seikan Tunnel passes under it at its narrowest point 12.1 miles (1 ...
. 1,361 people were killed and 400 were left missing. Due to this disaster, the typhoon is known in Japan as the Toya Maru Typhoon.


Typhoon Nancy


Typhoon Olga


Tropical Storm 15W


Typhoon Pamela

On October 27, Typhoon Pamela formed as a tropical depression. Pamela reached a peak of 900 mbar and 175 mph on November 1 and reached a secondary peak of 935 mbars on November 5. Pamela was one of three storms that reached Category 5 super typhoon status in the
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, with others being
Typhoon Rammasun Typhoon Rammasun, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Glenda, was one of the only three Category 5 super typhoons on record in the South China Sea, with the other ones being Pamela in 1954 and Rai in 2021. Rammasun had destructive impacts across ...
of 2014 and
Typhoon Rai Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, was the second costliest typhoon in Philippine history behind Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Rai was a powerful rare tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines in December 2021. Rai beca ...
of 2021. Gusts at landfall just to the west of Macau reached 175 km/h in
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and 155 km/h in
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which were the strongest since November 10, 1900 when the mean hourly wind speed reached 113 km/h (71 mph or 61 kts) at the Royal Observatory in Tsim Sha Tsui, in par with Typhoon Gloria.


Typhoon Ruby

Ruby hit the Philippines as a typhoon, and hit China as a tropical storm.


Typhoon Sally

Sally brushed the Philippines as a Category 5 typhoon.


Typhoon Tilda

Tilda hit the Philippines as a typhoon and dissipated near Vietnam.


Storm names


See also

*
1954 Pacific hurricane season The 1954 Pacific hurricane season featured below-average activity, with eleven tropical storms identified. The season officially started on May 15 and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year ...
*
1954 Atlantic hurricane season The 1954 Atlantic hurricane season was an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in terms of named storms, with 16 forming. Overall, the season resulted in $751.6 million in damage, the most of any season at the time. The season officially ...
*
1950s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons 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 ...
*
1950s Australian region cyclone seasons The following is a list of all reported tropical cyclones within the Australian region between 90°E and 160°E in the 1950s. 1950–51 *December 10–11, 1950 – A tropical cyclone passed overland to the west of Groote Eylandt, where hur ...


References

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