Typhoon Kate (1951)
Typhoon Kate reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between June 25, 1951 and July 3, 1951, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Kate, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1951 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- June 25, 1951 to July 3, 1951
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.9
- Identifier
- WP051951
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 12:00 | 11.5N 136.3E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 25, 18:00 | 11.6N 135.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 00:00 | 11.8N 134.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 06:00 | 12.0N 134.1E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Mixed |
| Jun 26, 12:00 | 12.0N 133.5E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Mixed |
| Jun 26, 18:00 | 12.2N 133.0E | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 12.4N 132.5E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 12.8N 131.0E | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 13.3N 129.8E | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 18:00 | 14.3N 128.6E | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 00:00 | 15.7N 127.8E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 16.5N 127.4E | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 17.2N 127.8E | 60 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 18.0N 127.1E | 65 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 18.8N 127.0E | 70 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 19.5N 127.0E | 75 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 21.1N 127.2E | 75 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 22.7N 127.8E | 75 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 24.0N 128.9E | 75 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 25.6N 129.9E | 75 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 27.0N 130.2E | 80 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 28.5N 130.5E | 85 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 30.0N 131.0E | 100 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 31.2N 131.8E | 100 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 32.4N 132.3E | 90 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 33.5N 133.7E | 80 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 34.4N 135.0E | 70 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 35.0N 138.8E | 60 kt | 995 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 35.2N 142.5E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 35.7N 145.0E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 36.2N 147.5E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 36.2N 153.7E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 38.5N 156.0E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1951
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1951
- Super Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1951
- Typhoon JoanWestern 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
- 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.