The 1950 season

Typhoon Petie (1950)

Typhoon Petie reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 17, 1950 and October 24, 1950.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Petie, 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
October 17, 1950 to October 24, 1950
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 834 km (518 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.8
Identifier
WP131950

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
Oct 17, 18:0019.9N 146.2EDisturbance
Oct 18, 00:0020.9N 146.1ETropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0021.8N 146.0ETropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0022.8N 146.0ETropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0023.8N 145.9ETropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0024.9N 145.9E85 ktTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0025.1N 145.1E85 ktTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0025.3N 144.5E80 ktTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0025.5N 144.0E75 ktTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0025.8N 143.2E70 ktTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0026.3N 142.7E65 ktTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0026.4N 142.2E70 ktTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0026.6N 142.0E75 ktTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0027.1N 141.8E80 ktTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0027.5N 141.9E80 ktTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0027.7N 142.7E80 ktTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0028.0N 143.7E85 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0028.2N 144.5E85 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0028.6N 145.3E90 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0029.1N 146.3E90 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0030.0N 147.9E85 ktTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0030.9N 149.1E80 ktTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0032.0N 150.6E70 ktTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0033.2N 151.8E60 ktTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0034.4N 155.6ETropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0035.7N 159.5ETropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0037.9N 164.0EDisturbance

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.