The 1952 season

Typhoon Rose (1952)

Typhoon Rose reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between October 4, 1952 and October 12, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Rose, 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
October 4, 1952 to October 12, 1952
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 424 km (263 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.8
Identifier
WP161952

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
Oct 4, 06:0022.0N 140.5E1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0020.2N 138.0E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 18:0021.0N 139.1E20 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 00:0021.5N 139.9E20 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 06:0022.1N 140.5E20 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 12:0023.0N 141.3E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 18:0023.5N 141.6E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 00:0023.9N 141.8E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 06:0024.4N 142.0E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 12:0025.0N 142.0E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 18:0025.2N 142.1E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 00:0025.5N 142.1E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 06:0025.8N 142.1E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 12:0026.0N 142.0E70 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0026.3N 142.0E70 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0026.8N 142.0E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 06:0027.1N 142.1E60 kt989 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0027.5N 142.2E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 18:0028.3N 142.3E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 00:0028.9N 142.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0029.5N 142.4E50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0030.1N 142.4E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0031.8N 143.1E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0033.2N 144.2E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0034.3N 145.8E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:0035.1N 147.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0038.0N 152.0E1000 mbMixed
Oct 11, 00:0039.3N 154.5E1000 mbMixed
Oct 11, 06:0040.0N 156.5E1002 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 12:0041.0N 158.5E1004 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 18:0041.5N 160.0E1012 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 00:0041.0N 162.0E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 06:0041.0N 164.0E1016 mbExtratropical

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.