Tropical Storm Freda (1952)
Tropical Storm Freda peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between July 9, 1952 and July 16, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Freda, 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
- July 9, 1952 to July 16, 1952
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Identifier
- WP041952
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 23.2N 124.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 23.4N 124.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 23.6N 124.7E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 23.7N 125.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 23.9N 125.3E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 24.0N 125.6E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 24.0N 125.9E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 24.0N 126.7E | 1001 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 23.9N 126.8E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 24.1N 127.3E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 24.3N 127.9E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 24.5N 128.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 25.3N 129.4E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 26.2N 130.1E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 27.0N 130.9E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 27.8N 131.8E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 28.2N 132.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 28.4N 133.2E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 28.8N 133.8E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 29.4N 134.0E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 29.8N 133.6E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 29.6N 132.8E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 30.3N 132.3E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 31.0N 131.9E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 32.0N 131.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 32.8N 130.0E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 34.4N 130.2E | 1005 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 36.0N 131.6E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 37.7N 131.7E | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon CharlotteWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon EmmaWestern Pacific · 1952
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern 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.