The 1949 season

Typhoon Della (1949)

Typhoon Della reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between June 12, 1949 and June 24, 1949, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Della, 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
June 12, 1949 to June 24, 1949
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.0
Fastest the center moved
33 kt (38 mph)
Identifier
WP021949

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
Jun 12, 00:006.6N 145.0EDisturbance
Jun 12, 06:006.6N 143.7EDisturbance
Jun 12, 12:006.6N 142.7EDisturbance
Jun 12, 18:006.6N 141.8EDisturbance
Jun 13, 00:006.6N 140.8EDisturbance
Jun 13, 06:006.6N 140.1EDisturbance
Jun 13, 12:006.7N 139.3EDisturbance
Jun 13, 18:006.8N 138.6EDisturbance
Jun 14, 00:007.0N 137.7EDisturbance
Jun 14, 06:007.2N 137.0EDisturbance
Jun 14, 12:007.5N 136.2EDisturbance
Jun 14, 18:007.8N 135.4EDisturbance
Jun 15, 00:008.3N 134.7EDisturbance
Jun 15, 06:008.8N 134.0EDisturbance
Jun 15, 12:009.3N 133.2EDisturbance
Jun 15, 18:009.9N 132.5EDisturbance
Jun 16, 00:0012.0N 133.0E25 ktMixed
Jun 16, 06:0012.5N 132.0E30 ktTropical storm
Jun 16, 12:0013.2N 130.8E35 ktTropical storm
Jun 16, 18:0014.0N 129.7E40 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 00:0014.7N 128.8E50 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 06:0015.2N 128.0E60 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 12:0015.9N 127.1E60 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 18:0016.5N 126.4E70 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 00:0017.1N 125.8E85 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 06:0017.8N 125.2E85 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 12:0018.5N 124.9E85 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 18:0019.2N 124.8E85 ktTropical storm
Jun 19, 00:0020.0N 124.9E90 ktTropical storm
Jun 19, 06:0020.9N 125.1E90 ktTropical storm
Jun 19, 12:0022.2N 125.8E100 ktTropical storm
Jun 19, 18:0023.8N 126.6E90 ktTropical storm
Jun 20, 00:0025.5N 127.5E80 ktTropical storm
Jun 20, 06:0027.8N 129.0E75 ktTropical storm
Jun 20, 12:0030.3N 130.2E50 ktTropical storm
Jun 20, 18:0033.8N 131.0E50 ktTropical storm
Jun 21, 00:0035.1N 131.1E50 ktTropical storm
Jun 21, 06:0036.1N 131.1E50 ktTropical storm
Jun 21, 12:0037.3N 131.0E45 ktTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:0038.0N 132.0E40 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:0038.2N 133.5E40 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0038.7N 134.9E35 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0039.0N 136.0E35 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0040.5N 139.6EExtratropical
Jun 23, 00:0041.0N 140.5EExtratropical
Jun 23, 06:0041.4N 142.5EExtratropical
Jun 23, 12:0041.7N 145.0EExtratropical
Jun 23, 18:0042.6N 147.0EExtratropical
Jun 24, 00:0044.0N 149.5EExtratropical
Jun 24, 06:0046.0N 152.0EExtratropical

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.