The 1950 season

Super Typhoon Doris (1950)

Super Typhoon Doris reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between May 6, 1950 and May 15, 1950.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Doris, 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
May 6, 1950 to May 15, 1950
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 512 km (318 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
27.6
Identifier
WP011950

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
May 6, 00:008.6N 150.8ETropical storm
May 6, 06:008.4N 150.1ETropical storm
May 6, 12:007.2N 150.8E30 ktTropical storm
May 6, 18:007.7N 149.8E50 ktTropical storm
May 7, 00:008.3N 148.8E70 ktTropical storm
May 7, 06:008.6N 148.3E75 ktTropical storm
May 7, 12:009.0N 147.8E80 ktTropical storm
May 7, 18:009.3N 147.3E85 ktTropical storm
May 8, 00:009.6N 146.8E85 ktTropical storm
May 8, 06:0010.0N 146.1E85 ktTropical storm
May 8, 12:0010.4N 145.4E85 ktTropical storm
May 8, 18:0011.1N 144.4E85 ktTropical storm
May 9, 00:0011.9N 143.5E100 ktTropical storm
May 9, 06:0012.4N 142.6E115 ktTropical storm
May 9, 12:0012.9N 141.8E115 ktTropical storm
May 9, 18:0013.2N 141.0E115 ktTropical storm
May 10, 00:0013.9N 140.2E130 ktTropical storm
May 10, 06:0014.3N 139.6E130 ktTropical storm
May 10, 12:0014.8N 139.0E130 ktTropical storm
May 10, 18:0015.0N 138.4E130 ktTropical storm
May 11, 00:0015.2N 138.0E125 ktTropical storm
May 11, 06:0016.0N 137.1E90 ktTropical storm
May 11, 12:0016.9N 136.2E85 ktTropical storm
May 11, 18:0017.9N 135.5E85 ktTropical storm
May 12, 00:0019.3N 135.0E100 ktTropical storm
May 12, 06:0021.1N 135.2E100 ktTropical storm
May 12, 12:0022.9N 135.9E100 ktTropical storm
May 12, 18:0024.4N 136.8E100 ktTropical storm
May 13, 00:0026.0N 137.8E75 ktTropical storm
May 13, 06:0027.5N 139.2E60 ktTropical storm
May 13, 12:0028.7N 140.5E60 ktTropical storm
May 13, 18:0030.0N 142.1E60 ktTropical storm
May 14, 00:0031.2N 143.8E55 ktTropical storm
May 14, 06:0032.2N 145.3E75 ktMixed
May 14, 12:0036.6N 152.2EExtratropical
May 14, 18:0037.5N 155.7EExtratropical
May 15, 00:0038.3N 159.1EExtratropical
May 15, 06:0039.2N 163.7EExtratropical
May 15, 12:0040.6N 168.9EExtratropical
May 15, 18:0041.3N 173.3EExtratropical

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.