The 1952 season

Typhoon Dinah (1952)

Typhoon Dinah reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between June 19, 1952 and June 26, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Dinah, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1952 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
June 19, 1952 to June 26, 1952
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.5
Identifier
WP021952

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
Jun 19, 00:0012.0N 129.5E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 06:0012.6N 128.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 12:0013.5N 127.3E30 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 18:0014.2N 125.8E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 00:0015.3N 125.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 06:0016.2N 123.8E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 12:0017.6N 122.9E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 18:0018.9N 123.0E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 00:0020.4N 123.5E45 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 06:0021.3N 123.6E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 12:0022.2N 123.8E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:0022.7N 124.0E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:0023.4N 124.5E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0024.6N 125.5E75 kt968 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0026.2N 126.8E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0028.1N 128.4E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0029.6N 130.0E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0032.3N 132.5E60 kt974 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0033.9N 136.4E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0035.3N 140.1E50 kt984 mbMixed
Jun 24, 00:0036.6N 143.9E45 kt982 mbMixed
Jun 24, 06:0037.7N 146.9E45 kt988 mbMixed
Jun 24, 12:0037.0N 152.0E40 kt990 mbMixed
Jun 24, 18:0037.2N 157.0E45 kt990 mbMixed
Jun 25, 00:0037.5N 161.5E60 kt990 mbMixed
Jun 25, 06:0038.0N 165.0E45 kt992 mbMixed
Jun 25, 12:0038.0N 168.5E40 kt985 mbMixed
Jun 25, 18:0041.0N 175.0E985 mbExtratropical
Jun 26, 00:0042.2N 175.6E982 mbExtratropical
Jun 26, 06:0044.1N 176.2E982 mbExtratropical
Jun 26, 12:0046.7N 177.5E982 mbExtratropical
Jun 26, 18:0050.3N 183.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1952

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.