Typhoon Alma (1946)
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The 1946 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in
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, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern
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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
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are called hurricanes; see 1946 Pacific hurricane season. At the time, tropical storms that formed within this region of the western Pacific were identified and named by the
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, and these names are taken from the list that USAS publicly adopted before the 1945 season started.


Storms


Typhoon Barbara

Typhoon Barbara formed on March 27, and moved west. It strengthened briefly to a category 3 with 115 mph winds. But shortly after, it began to weaken. Typhoon Barbara curved northward and then westward, in turn hitting the
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as a category 1. After making landfall, it curved back to the east and continued to weaken until April 7, when it dissipated.


Typhoon Charlotte

Charlotte formed in the open Pacific on May 11. It then dissipated on May 17.


Typhoon Dolly

On June 17, Typhoon Dolly formed. It moved northwestward, only to strengthen. After passing by the Philippines, it reached its maximum intensity of 125 mph, a strong major hurricane. It rounded around
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and made landfall on
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's shoreline. It dissipated hours after on June 23.


Tropical Storm Elinor

Elinor formed near Northern Luzon on June 23. However, due to the interaction with nearby Dolly, it didn't strengthened further and it dissipated on June 25.


Typhoon Ginny

Ginny formed on July 30 in the open western Pacific. It then moved to the north, weakening and dissipated on July 2. No landmasses were affected.


Early-July Typhoon

A tropical storm was first noted in weather maps on July 8, near
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. Moving to the northwest, it strengthened to a minimal typhoon before it hit
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as a weakening storm. It then crossed the
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, before making another landfall near
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on July 12. It was last noted on the same day. The damages and deaths, if any, were unknown.


Typhoon Ingrid

Tropical Storm Ingrid formed July 12, immediately moving west. After strengthening, it briefly became a category four on July 15. It weakened to a category two and struck the northern part of the Philippines. Ingrid retained its strength until it hit Hong Kong and Macau. Right after it made landfall immediately to the west of Macau, it moved north and dissipated on July 20.


Typhoon Janie

Janie formed on July 23. It moved northwest and then curved west. It was then that she became a major hurricane with 115 mph winds. After heading westward for a while, Janie began curving the opposite direction. But that was short-lived; it began moving northwest and struck southern
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. Janie traveled over the island and dissipated near
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s coast on July 31.


Typhoon Lilly

On August 10, a disturbance managed to organize itself enough to be designated Tropical Storm Lilly. It moved in a generally northwest direction while intensifying at a moderate pace-becoming Typhoon Lilly shortly after its formation. Before Lilly moved over cold waters, it attained a peak intensity of 145 mph. It narrowly missed
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's shoreline as a category two before striking
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as a moderate tropical storm. Lilly dissipated on August 21, after eleven days of traveling in the western Pacific Ocean.


Typhoon Maggie


Early September Typhoon


Typhoon Opal

Typhoon Opal is a Tropical Cyclone that formed in the Western Pacific in 1946. It reached category 3 status and struck The Philippines and China.


Typhoon Priscilla

Typhoon Priscilla is a Category 3 typhoon that went out to sea during 1946.


Typhoon Querida

On September 25, the typhoon passed over southern Taiwan with a minimum pressure of , producing wind gusts of . Across the island, Querida destroyed 373,748 houses, killed 154 people, and injured another 618. The storm also wrecked of crops and forestry, killing 28,448 animals.


Early October Philippine Typhoon


Mid October Typhoon


Typhoon Alma


Typhoon Betty


Typhoon Dianne


Storm names


See also

*
Weather of 1946 The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 1946. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, torna ...
* 1946 Atlantic hurricane season *
List of Pacific typhoon seasons The following is a list of Pacific typhoon seasons. The seasons are limited to the north of the equator between the 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian (aka Prime Antimeridian). Seasons Pre-1940 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s ...
* 1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons *
1940s Australian region cyclone seasons The following is a list of all reported tropical cyclones within the Australian region between 90°E and 160°E, after the start of World War II in September 1939 and before the start of the satellite era during the 1969–70 Season. Systems 1940 ...
* 1940s South Pacific cyclone seasons


References


External links


Unisys tracks
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1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
1946 natural disasters 1946 meteorology 1946 in Asia 1946 in Oceania