Tropical Storm Donna (1947)
Tropical Storm Donna peaked at 35 kt in the Western Pacific between July 6, 1947 and July 9, 1947, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Donna, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1947 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
- July 6, 1947 to July 9, 1947
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Identifier
- WP041947
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 14.5N 136.9E | Not reported | ||
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 16.1N 135.1E | Not reported | ||
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 17.6N 133.4E | Not reported | ||
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 18.9N 131.9E | Not reported | ||
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 20.2N 130.6E | Not reported | ||
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 21.5N 129.5E | Not reported | ||
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 23.2N 128.6E | Not reported | ||
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 26.8N 128.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 27.9N 127.5E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 29.3N 128.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 30.8N 129.1E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 32.4N 131.1E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 33.8N 133.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1947
- Tropical Storm AnnaWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon BernidaWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon CarolWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Tropical Storm EileenWestern Pacific · 1947
- Tropical Storm FaithWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon GwenWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon HelenaWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon InezWestern Pacific · 1947
- Tropical Storm JoyceWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon KathleenWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon LauraWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon MildredWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon NanetteWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon PaulineWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon OliveWestern Pacific · 1947
- Super Typhoon RosalindWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon AliceWestern Pacific · 1947
- Tropical Storm BeatriceWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon CathyWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon DoraWestern Pacific · 1947
- Tropical Storm ElnoraWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon FloraWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon GladysWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon HannahWestern Pacific · 1947
- Tropical Storm IreneWestern Pacific · 1947
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1947
- Typhoon JeanWestern Pacific · 1947
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.