Tropical Storm Betty (1949)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

December 1, 1949 to December 10, 1949

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

3.4

Identifier

WP211949

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.

• Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 285 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 3100 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm ElaineWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Storm50 kt
• Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 290 kt
• Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 3110 kt
• Typhoon HesterWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 3110 kt
• Tropical Storm IrmaWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Storm50 kt
• Tropical Depression IrmaWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Typhoon JudithWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 285 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression JudithWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Typhoon KittyWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 3110 kt
• Typhoon LiseWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 4120 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Storm35 kt
• Typhoon MadelineWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 175 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Typhoon NellyWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 295 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Storm40 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Storm40 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Typhoon OmeliaWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 175 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Typhoon PatriciaWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 4120 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Storm40 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm RenaWestern Pacific · 1949Tropical Storm60 kt
• Typhoon AllynWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 4125 kt
• Typhoon CamillaWestern Pacific · 1949Cat 285 kt

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.

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.