Typhoon Kathleen (1947)
Typhoon Kathleen reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 10, 1947 and September 15, 1947, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Typhoon Kathleen. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 10, 1947 to September 15, 1947
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 24 kt (28 mph)
- Identifier
- WP111947
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 17.0N 143.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 17.5N 142.3E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 18.0N 140.7E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 18.5N 138.6E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 19.2N 137.8E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 19.6N 137.2E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 19.8N 136.3E | 65 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 20.3N 135.6E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 21.0N 135.3E | 75 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 22.5N 135.2E | 80 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 25.0N 135.4E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 26.0N 135.6E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 27.0N 136.0E | 80 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 28.4N 136.3E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 29.9N 136.8E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 31.3N 137.1E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 32.2N 137.4E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 32.9N 137.8E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 33.5N 138.1E | 65 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 34.3N 138.7E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 35.8N 140.2E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 36.6N 141.9E | 40 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
- Tropical Storm DonnaWestern 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 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.