The 1949 season

Typhoon Allyn (1949)

Typhoon Allyn reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 13, 1949 and November 26, 1949.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Allyn, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1949 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 13, 1949 to November 26, 1949
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 381 km (237 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
44.8
Identifier
WP201949

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 13, 00:009.1N 158.2E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 13, 06:009.1N 157.4E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 13, 12:009.1N 156.6E35 ktTropical storm
Nov 13, 18:009.1N 155.7E45 ktTropical storm
Nov 14, 00:009.1N 154.9E55 ktTropical storm
Nov 14, 06:009.2N 154.0E60 ktTropical storm
Nov 14, 12:009.4N 153.2E65 ktTropical storm
Nov 14, 18:009.6N 152.7E70 ktTropical storm
Nov 15, 00:009.8N 152.1E70 ktTropical storm
Nov 15, 06:009.9N 151.8E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:0010.0N 151.4E105 ktTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:0010.2N 150.8E105 ktTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:0010.4N 150.2E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:0010.9N 149.1E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:0011.1N 148.1E110 ktTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:0011.7N 146.9E115 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:0012.0N 145.9E120 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:0012.6N 144.3E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0012.9N 143.4E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0013.2N 142.5E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0013.7N 141.4E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0014.0N 140.6E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0014.4N 139.7E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0014.8N 138.7E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0015.0N 138.0E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0015.3N 137.2E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0015.6N 136.5E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0015.8N 136.0E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0016.2N 135.2E120 ktTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0016.5N 134.6E120 ktTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0016.9N 134.1E110 ktTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0017.3N 133.5E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0017.9N 133.0E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0018.2N 132.8E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0018.9N 132.7E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0019.1N 132.7E90 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0019.8N 132.8E85 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0020.9N 133.0E80 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0022.1N 133.2E75 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0024.0N 134.0E70 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0025.4N 134.7E65 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0027.2N 136.1E65 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0029.1N 138.0E70 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0030.8N 139.9E80 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0032.6N 143.0E75 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0034.5N 147.0E70 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0036.7N 151.3E60 ktMixed
Nov 24, 18:0038.2N 156.0E50 ktMixed
Nov 25, 00:0040.0N 160.8E45 ktMixed
Nov 25, 06:0040.0N 169.0E40 ktMixed
Nov 25, 12:0039.6N 176.0E40 ktMixed
Nov 25, 18:0041.0N 179.0W40 ktTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0043.0N 175.0W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0045.0N 171.5W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0049.0N 164.0W35 ktTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1949

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.