Super Typhoon Olive (1952)
Super Typhoon Olive reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 13, 1952 and September 21, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb. It did $15 million of damage.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Olive, 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
- September 13, 1952 to September 21, 1952
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 160 kt (184 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 585 km (364 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 26.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Identifier
- WP131952
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
0 deaths$15 million
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 18.0N 178.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 18.2N 177.1E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 18.2N 176.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 18.2N 175.1E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 18.3N 174.0E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 18.3N 173.0E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 18.7N 171.8E | 45 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 18.9N 170.7E | 50 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 19.2N 169.5E | 55 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 19.4N 168.3E | 75 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 19.7N 167.2E | 95 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 19.9N 166.0E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 20.1N 164.9E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 20.8N 163.4E | 130 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 21.6N 161.9E | 140 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 22.7N 160.3E | 150 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 23.7N 158.9E | 150 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 24.6N 157.8E | 160 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 25.4N 156.9E | 160 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 26.7N 155.9E | 140 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 28.2N 155.3E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 30.3N 155.3E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 32.2N 156.5E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 34.1N 157.9E | 75 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 35.9N 160.1E | 65 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 38.1N 163.1E | 55 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 40.6N 168.1E | 50 kt | 970 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 42.5N 172.5E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 44.5N 174.0E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 45.8N 177.0E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 47.0N 178.5W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 47.5N 174.5W | 55 kt | Mixed | |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 48.0N 172.0W | 50 kt | 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 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
- 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.