Typhoon Ione (1948)
Typhoon Ione reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 11, 1948 and September 17, 1948, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Ione, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1948 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
- September 11, 1948 to September 17, 1948
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 28 kt (32 mph)
- Identifier
- WP141948
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 11, 06:00 | 14.3N 155.0E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 14.3N 153.6E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 14.6N 151.7E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 15.0N 150.0E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 15.7N 148.7E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 16.6N 147.4E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 17.8N 146.1E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 18.7N 145.0E | 65 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 19.7N 143.8E | 65 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 20.7N 142.7E | 75 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 21.6N 141.6E | 80 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 22.7N 140.7E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 23.8N 139.6E | 100 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 24.9N 138.6E | 120 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 26.2N 137.6E | 120 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 27.4N 136.9E | 110 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 28.6N 136.5E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 30.3N 136.3E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 31.9N 136.5E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 33.1N 137.1E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 34.9N 138.8E | 80 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 36.7N 141.1E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 38.7N 143.6E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 40.3N 146.3E | 50 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1948
- Super Typhoon KarenWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon LanaWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon MabelWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm OpheliaWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon PearlWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon RoseWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon BerthaWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm ChrisWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm DoloresWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm FloWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon GertrudeWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon HazelWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon JackieWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm KitWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon LibbyWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon MarthaWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm NormaWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm OlgaWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm PatWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon RitaWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon BeverlyWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1948
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.