The 1950 season

Typhoon Clara (1950)

Typhoon Clara reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 1, 1950 and November 15, 1950.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Clara, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1950 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 1, 1950 to November 15, 1950
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 240 km (149 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
25.7
Identifier
WP161950

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 1, 00:0012.0N 144.6EDisturbance
Nov 1, 06:0012.0N 143.8EDisturbance
Nov 1, 12:0012.0N 143.0EDisturbance
Nov 1, 18:0012.0N 142.3EDisturbance
Nov 2, 00:0012.0N 141.6EDisturbance
Nov 2, 06:0012.0N 141.1EDisturbance
Nov 2, 12:0012.0N 140.6EDisturbance
Nov 2, 18:0012.0N 140.0EDisturbance
Nov 3, 00:0012.0N 139.2EDisturbance
Nov 3, 06:0012.0N 138.5EDisturbance
Nov 3, 12:0011.9N 137.9EDisturbance
Nov 3, 18:0011.8N 137.2EDisturbance
Nov 4, 00:0011.5N 136.4EDisturbance
Nov 4, 06:0011.2N 135.7ETropical storm
Nov 4, 12:0011.0N 135.2ETropical storm
Nov 4, 18:0011.0N 134.5ETropical storm
Nov 5, 00:0011.0N 134.0ETropical storm
Nov 5, 06:0011.5N 133.6ETropical storm
Nov 5, 12:0012.1N 133.4ETropical storm
Nov 5, 18:0012.6N 133.3ETropical storm
Nov 6, 00:0013.2N 133.1E75 ktTropical storm
Nov 6, 06:0013.2N 132.6E80 ktTropical storm
Nov 6, 12:0013.3N 132.1E85 ktTropical storm
Nov 6, 18:0013.3N 131.8E90 ktTropical storm
Nov 7, 00:0013.4N 131.3E95 ktTropical storm
Nov 7, 06:0013.9N 130.2E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 7, 12:0014.6N 129.2E105 ktTropical storm
Nov 7, 18:0015.3N 128.3E115 ktTropical storm
Nov 8, 00:0016.0N 127.5E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 8, 06:0016.5N 127.0E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 8, 12:0017.0N 126.4E125 ktTropical storm
Nov 8, 18:0017.6N 126.0E120 ktTropical storm
Nov 9, 00:0018.3N 125.3E110 ktTropical storm
Nov 9, 06:0019.0N 124.8E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 9, 12:0019.6N 124.2E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 9, 18:0020.2N 124.0E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 10, 00:0021.2N 123.8E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 10, 06:0022.0N 123.9E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 10, 12:0023.4N 124.5E100 ktTropical storm
Nov 10, 18:0024.5N 125.3E90 ktTropical storm
Nov 11, 00:0025.7N 126.4E85 ktTropical storm
Nov 11, 06:0026.5N 127.3E80 ktTropical storm
Nov 11, 12:0028.1N 129.3E75 ktTropical storm
Nov 11, 18:0029.0N 131.5E70 ktTropical storm
Nov 12, 00:0029.3N 134.1E70 ktTropical storm
Nov 12, 06:0029.0N 136.0E65 ktTropical storm
Nov 12, 12:0028.9N 138.0E60 ktTropical storm
Nov 12, 18:0029.0N 140.0E55 ktTropical storm
Nov 13, 00:0029.3N 142.2E50 ktMixed
Nov 13, 06:0028.2N 145.0E40 ktMixed
Nov 13, 12:0028.0N 147.0E35 ktMixed
Nov 13, 18:0029.0N 150.5E30 ktMixed
Nov 14, 00:0029.0N 150.0EExtratropical
Nov 14, 06:0029.0N 151.5EExtratropical
Nov 14, 12:0029.0N 153.2EExtratropical
Nov 14, 18:0029.1N 154.6EExtratropical
Nov 15, 00:0029.2N 155.9EExtratropical
Nov 15, 06:0029.5N 157.3EExtratropical
Nov 15, 12:0030.3N 158.9EExtratropical
Nov 15, 18:0031.3N 159.9EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1950

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.