Typhoon Emma (1952)
Typhoon Emma reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between June 28, 1952 and July 6, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 973 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Emma, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- June 28, 1952 to July 6, 1952
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb (28.73 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 19.9
- Identifier
- WP031952
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 28, 00:00 | 5.4N 143.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 6.1N 143.3E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 6.8N 143.1E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 7.4N 142.7E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 8.0N 142.1E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 8.3N 141.2E | 65 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 8.7N 139.9E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 8.9N 138.8E | 75 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 9.0N 137.3E | 75 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 9.2N 135.7E | 75 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 9.3N 134.2E | 75 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 9.3N 132.7E | 80 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 9.3N 131.3E | 80 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 9.3N 130.1E | 100 kt | 973 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 9.4N 129.0E | 110 kt | 973 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 9.5N 127.8E | 110 kt | 973 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 9.7N 126.6E | 110 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 10.0N 125.2E | 90 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 10.5N 123.7E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 10.9N 122.4E | 60 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 11.3N 121.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 11.7N 120.4E | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 12.2N 119.7E | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 12.7N 118.9E | 70 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 13.2N 118.2E | 80 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 14.1N 117.2E | 85 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 15.3N 116.2E | 85 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 16.4N 115.3E | 90 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 17.5N 114.5E | 90 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 18.4N 113.5E | 100 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 19.1N 112.4E | 95 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 19.6N 111.3E | 85 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 20.0N 110.0E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 20.8N 109.3E | 50 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 21.6N 108.4E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon CharlotteWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Storm FredaWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Storm GildaWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon HarrietWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Storm Jeanne:JeannieWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Depression IvyWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon KarenWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon LoisWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon MaryWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon NonaWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1952
- Super Typhoon OliveWestern Pacific · 1952 · $15 million
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon PollyWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon RoseWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon TrixWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Storm ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon VaeWestern Pacific · 1952
- Super Typhoon WilmaWestern Pacific · 1952
- Super Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Depression BessWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1952
- Super Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Storm ElaineWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Storm FayeWestern Pacific · 1952
- Super Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Super Typhoon HesterWestern Pacific · 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.