Typhoon Betty (1946)
Typhoon Betty reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 5, 1946 and November 11, 1946.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Betty, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1946 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- November 5, 1946 to November 11, 1946
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 15 km (9 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.2
- Identifier
- WP141946
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 12.1N 125.6E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 13.1N 125.3E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 14.2N 125.1E | 80 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 14.9N 124.9E | 85 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 15.7N 125.0E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 16.6N 125.2E | 95 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 17.3N 125.4E | 100 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 18.3N 125.7E | 110 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 19.3N 126.1E | 115 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 20.2N 126.7E | 120 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 21.2N 127.3E | 120 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 22.1N 128.1E | 115 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 23.1N 129.2E | 110 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 24.2N 131.1E | 100 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 25.2N 133.2E | 95 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 26.5N 135.6E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 28.0N 138.0E | 85 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 29.3N 139.3E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 30.6N 140.7E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 31.7N 142.3E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 32.8N 143.7E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 34.0N 145.2E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 35.1N 147.1E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 37.0N 151.5E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 38.0N 155.0E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 39.0N 159.0E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 40.0N 163.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1946
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon BarbaraWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon CharlottWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon DollyWestern Pacific · 1946
- Tropical Storm ElinorWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon GinnyWestern Pacific · 1946
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon IngridWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon JanieWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon LillyWestern Pacific · 1946
- Tropical Storm MaggieWestern Pacific · 1946
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1946
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon OpalWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon PriscillWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon QueridaWestern Pacific · 1946
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon AlmaWestern Pacific · 1946
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1946
- Typhoon DianneWestern Pacific · 1946
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1946
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1946
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.