The 1950 season

Typhoon Ida (1950)

Typhoon Ida reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 9, 1950 and August 21, 1950.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Ida, 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
August 9, 1950 to August 21, 1950
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 168 km (104 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
15.1
Identifier
WP071950

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
Aug 9, 00:0019.4N 123.5ETropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0020.0N 123.7ETropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0020.5N 124.0ETropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0021.0N 125.4ETropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0021.0N 127.0ETropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0021.1N 128.9ETropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0022.5N 134.0E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0022.9N 134.9E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0023.2N 135.8E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0023.7N 136.7E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0024.0N 137.5E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0024.3N 138.3E45 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0024.7N 139.1E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0024.9N 140.1E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0025.0N 141.2E60 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0025.2N 142.3E60 ktTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0025.2N 143.2E60 ktTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0024.9N 144.5E60 ktTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0024.0N 146.0E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0023.0N 147.2E75 ktTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0022.5N 149.0E75 ktTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0023.4N 150.0E75 ktTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0024.3N 150.5E75 ktTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0025.2N 151.0E75 ktTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0026.1N 151.2E70 ktTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0026.9N 151.6E70 ktTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0027.6N 151.8E70 ktTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0028.5N 152.0E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0029.2N 152.0E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0030.0N 152.1E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0031.0N 152.2E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0031.8N 152.8E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0032.3N 153.1E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0033.0N 153.7E60 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0033.7N 154.1E60 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0034.3N 154.7E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0034.9N 155.3E55 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0035.4N 156.0E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0036.0N 156.8E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0036.5N 157.4E65 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0037.0N 158.1E60 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0037.5N 159.1E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0036.9N 160.2E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0036.5N 160.5E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0035.6N 161.8E45 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0035.2N 162.5E55 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0035.0N 163.2E50 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0035.2N 164.0E40 ktTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0035.5N 164.2E35 ktTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0036.0N 169.5ETropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0036.0N 170.9ETropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0036.1N 172.7ETropical storm

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.