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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 9.2N 148.1E | Mixed | ||
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 8.7N 147.1E | Mixed | ||
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 8.4N 146.2E | Mixed | ||
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 8.2N 145.2E | Mixed | ||
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 8.0N 144.4E | Mixed | ||
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 8.0N 143.7E | Mixed | ||
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 8.0N 143.1E | Mixed | ||
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 8.0N 142.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 8.1N 141.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 8.1N 141.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 8.2N 140.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 8.2N 139.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 9.0N 139.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 9.0N 139.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 8.9N 138.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 8.9N 137.8E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 9.0N 137.0E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 9.0N 136.6E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 9.0N 136.0E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 9.2N 135.5E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 9.4N 135.0E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 9.7N 134.5E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 9.9N 134.1E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 10.1N 133.9E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 10.3N 133.5E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 10.6N 132.9E | 65 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 10.9N 132.3E | 80 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 11.0N 132.0E | 90 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 11.0N 131.2E | 100 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 11.2N 130.6E | 110 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 11.3N 130.0E | 120 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 11.4N 129.2E | 120 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 11.5N 128.5E | 120 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 12.1N 127.7E | 110 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 12.6N 126.8E | 105 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 13.0N 126.0E | 105 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 13.4N 125.1E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 13.6N 124.3E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 13.8N 123.2E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 13.7N 122.5E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 13.5N 121.5E | 105 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 13.4N 120.4E | 110 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 13.7N 119.2E | 115 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 13.7N 118.1E | 120 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 13.5N 117.0E | 120 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 13.5N 115.8E | 115 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 13.6N 114.6E | 110 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 13.8N 113.3E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 14.2N 112.2E | 90 kt | 967 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 14.4N 111.0E | 70 kt | 967 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 14.4N 109.5E | 55 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 15.0N 107.0E | 40 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 15.3N 106.0E | 35 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 14.9N 105.0E | 30 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 14.2N 104.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
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
- Super Typhoon OliveWestern Pacific · 1952 · $15 million
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon PollyWestern Pacific · 1952
- Typhoon RoseWestern 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.