Typhoon Harriet (1952)
Typhoon Harriet reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between July 23, 1952 and July 31, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Harriet, 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 23, 1952 to July 31, 1952
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.1
- Identifier
- WP061952
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 23, 18:00 | 9.0N 134.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 9.1N 133.5E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 9.3N 132.8E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 10.0N 132.3E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 10.8N 132.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 11.7N 132.0E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 12.6N 131.9E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 13.6N 131.7E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 14.4N 131.4E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 14.9N 127.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 15.2N 127.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 15.6N 126.9E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 16.0N 126.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 16.2N 126.1E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 16.6N 125.6E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 16.9N 125.0E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 17.1N 124.6E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 17.4N 124.2E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 18.7N 123.2E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 19.5N 122.2E | 70 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 19.9N 120.9E | 80 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 20.3N 119.5E | 85 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 21.7N 118.2E | 90 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 22.8N 116.8E | 100 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 24.1N 114.9E | 90 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 25.2N 112.9E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 25.1N 110.9E | 990 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 25.8N 108.7E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 26.2N 106.7E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 26.6N 104.5E | Disturbance |
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 FredaWestern Pacific · 1952
- Tropical Storm GildaWestern 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.