Typhoon Martha (1948)
Typhoon Martha reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between October 4, 1948 and October 8, 1948.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Martha, 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
- October 4, 1948 to October 8, 1948
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 870 km (541 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.8
- Identifier
- WP181948
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 25.0N 157.0E | 85 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 25.0N 156.0E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 25.0N 154.8E | 100 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 25.1N 153.5E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 25.2N 152.3E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 25.1N 150.6E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 25.1N 149.3E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 25.0N 148.3E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 25.1N 147.4E | 80 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 25.9N 146.5E | 75 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 26.8N 146.4E | 75 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 27.8N 146.5E | 80 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 29.1N 146.7E | 80 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 30.7N 148.1E | 100 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 31.9N 149.5E | 90 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 33.0N 150.7E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 34.0N 151.7E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 35.8N 153.0E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 36.5N 155.0E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 37.5N 157.0E | 35 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
- Typhoon IoneWestern Pacific · 1948
- Tropical Storm KitWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1948
- Typhoon LibbyWestern Pacific · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern 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.