The 1952 season

Typhoon Trix (1952)

Typhoon Trix reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 12, 1952 and October 26, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Trix, 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 12, 1952 to October 26, 1952
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
29.1
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
WP181952

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 12, 12:009.2N 148.1EMixed
Oct 12, 18:008.7N 147.1EMixed
Oct 13, 00:008.4N 146.2EMixed
Oct 13, 06:008.2N 145.2EMixed
Oct 13, 12:008.0N 144.4EMixed
Oct 13, 18:008.0N 143.7EMixed
Oct 14, 00:008.0N 143.1EMixed
Oct 14, 06:008.0N 142.4ETropical storm
Oct 14, 12:008.1N 141.8ETropical storm
Oct 14, 18:008.1N 141.1ETropical storm
Oct 15, 00:008.2N 140.3ETropical storm
Oct 15, 06:008.2N 139.5ETropical storm
Oct 15, 12:009.0N 139.5E25 ktTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:009.0N 139.0E25 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:008.9N 138.4E30 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:008.9N 137.8E30 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:009.0N 137.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:009.0N 136.6E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:009.0N 136.0E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:009.2N 135.5E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:009.4N 135.0E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:009.7N 134.5E40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:009.9N 134.1E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0010.1N 133.9E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0010.3N 133.5E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0010.6N 132.9E65 kt987 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0010.9N 132.3E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0011.0N 132.0E90 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0011.0N 131.2E100 kt974 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0011.2N 130.6E110 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0011.3N 130.0E120 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0011.4N 129.2E120 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0011.5N 128.5E120 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0012.1N 127.7E110 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0012.6N 126.8E105 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0013.0N 126.0E105 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0013.4N 125.1E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0013.6N 124.3E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0013.8N 123.2E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0013.7N 122.5E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0013.5N 121.5E105 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0013.4N 120.4E110 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0013.7N 119.2E115 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0013.7N 118.1E120 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0013.5N 117.0E120 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0013.5N 115.8E115 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0013.6N 114.6E110 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0013.8N 113.3E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0014.2N 112.2E90 kt967 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0014.4N 111.0E70 kt967 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0014.4N 109.5E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0015.0N 107.0E40 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0015.3N 106.0E35 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0014.9N 105.0E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0014.2N 104.0E25 kt1000 mbMixed

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.