Tropical Storm Elaine (1949)
Tropical Storm Elaine peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between June 30, 1949 and July 11, 1949, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Elaine, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- June 30, 1949 to July 11, 1949
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.4
- Identifier
- WP031949
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 5.5N 140.3E | Disturbance | ||
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 5.6N 139.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 5.6N 139.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 5.6N 138.7E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 5.6N 138.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 5.6N 137.6E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 5.7N 137.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 5.7N 136.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 5.8N 135.9E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 5.9N 135.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 6.0N 134.9E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 6.1N 134.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 6.3N 133.9E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 6.5N 133.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 6.8N 133.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 7.1N 132.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 7.3N 132.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 6.8N 135.4E | 20 kt | Mixed | |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 7.0N 134.1E | 20 kt | Mixed | |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 7.3N 133.0E | 25 kt | Mixed | |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 7.8N 132.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 8.1N 130.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 8.6N 129.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 8.9N 128.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 9.3N 127.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 9.7N 126.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 9.9N 125.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 10.2N 124.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 10.8N 123.3E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 11.7N 122.3E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 12.2N 121.6E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 12.9N 120.8E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 13.8N 120.0E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 15.1N 119.3E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 16.7N 118.7E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 17.8N 118.1E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 18.7N 117.8E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 19.4N 117.2E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 20.1N 116.6E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 20.9N 115.6E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 21.3N 114.9E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 21.9N 114.0E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 22.5N 112.5E | 40 kt | Mixed | |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 24.0N 111.5E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 25.5N 109.5E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 27.0N 107.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 28.0N 106.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1949
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon HesterWestern Pacific · 1949
- Tropical Storm IrmaWestern Pacific · 1949
- Tropical Depression IrmaWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon JudithWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Tropical Depression JudithWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon KittyWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon LiseWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon MadelineWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon NellyWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon OmeliaWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon PatriciaWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1949
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1949
- Tropical Storm RenaWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon AllynWestern Pacific · 1949
- Tropical Storm BettyWestern Pacific · 1949
- Typhoon CamillaWestern Pacific · 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.