Typhoon Hope (1951)
Typhoon Hope reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between April 15, 1951 and April 23, 1951, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- April 15, 1951 to April 23, 1951
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 410 km (255 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.6
- Identifier
- WP021951
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 8.0N 151.5E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 8.3N 150.3E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 8.6N 149.3E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 8.8N 148.3E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 9.2N 147.2E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 9.6N 146.4E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 10.3N 145.5E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 11.0N 144.6E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 11.7N 144.0E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 17, 06:00 | 12.5N 143.5E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 17, 12:00 | 13.6N 142.5E | 60 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 18:00 | 14.3N 142.4E | 65 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 00:00 | 14.9N 142.4E | 70 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 06:00 | 16.1N 142.5E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 12:00 | 15.8N 142.7E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 18:00 | 15.7N 142.4E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 19, 00:00 | 15.9N 141.8E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 19, 06:00 | 15.9N 141.2E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 19, 12:00 | 15.7N 140.1E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 19, 18:00 | 15.4N 139.3E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 20, 00:00 | 15.2N 138.5E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 20, 06:00 | 15.1N 137.4E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 20, 12:00 | 15.0N 136.0E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 20, 18:00 | 14.7N 135.2E | 995 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 21, 00:00 | 14.7N 134.4E | 997 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 21, 06:00 | 14.7N 133.5E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 21, 12:00 | 14.7N 132.8E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 21, 18:00 | 15.0N 132.0E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 22, 00:00 | 15.1N 131.0E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 22, 06:00 | 15.2N 130.3E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 22, 12:00 | 15.4N 129.5E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 22, 18:00 | 15.6N 128.7E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 23, 00:00 | 15.9N 127.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 23, 06:00 | 16.3N 127.3E | 1005 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 23, 12:00 | 17.1N 126.9E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Apr 23, 18:00 | 17.8N 126.7E | 1008 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1951
- Super Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon KateWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon LouiseWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon NoraWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon OraWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon RuthWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon SarahWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1951
- Tropical Storm VeraWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon WandaWestern Pacific · 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon AmyWestern Pacific · 1951 · 991 deaths
- Typhoon BabsWestern Pacific · 1951
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.