Typhoon Grace (1954)
Typhoon Grace reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between August 11, 1954 and August 23, 1954, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Grace, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1954 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
- August 11, 1954 to August 23, 1954
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.5
- Identifier
- WP041954
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 22.4N 138.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 22.7N 137.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 20.0N 136.1E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 20.5N 135.0E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 21.0N 134.0E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 22.0N 133.3E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 22.8N 132.7E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 23.7N 131.9E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 23.8N 131.6E | 70 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 24.0N 130.8E | 70 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 24.4N 129.0E | 70 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 24.4N 128.9E | 70 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 24.5N 128.6E | 70 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 24.8N 128.2E | 85 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 25.3N 128.2E | 85 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 25.6N 128.1E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 26.0N 127.9E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 26.5N 127.7E | 90 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 27.2N 127.4E | 75 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 27.7N 127.4E | 75 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 28.1N 127.6E | 75 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 28.6N 127.6E | 75 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 28.9N 127.9E | 80 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 29.2N 128.1E | 85 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 30.3N 129.0E | 90 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 31.6N 129.9E | 100 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 32.3N 130.5E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 33.2N 131.4E | 65 kt | 964 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 33.8N 132.2E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 34.2N 133.4E | 50 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 34.8N 134.5E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 35.4N 135.6E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 35.8N 136.9E | 30 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 35.6N 139.5E | 990 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 36.6N 141.1E | 994 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 38.1N 142.3E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 38.7N 144.4E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 39.3N 146.5E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 39.8N 149.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 40.0N 152.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 40.2N 155.6E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 40.3N 158.6E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 40.3N 161.4E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 40.1N 164.0E | 1005 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 40.1N 167.0E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 40.3N 170.6E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 40.8N 174.8E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 41.3N 179.7E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 44.0N 182.8E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon FlossieWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon HelenWestern Pacific · 1954
- Super Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1954
- Tropical Depression GraceWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Super Typhoon JuneWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon LornaWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon NancyWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon OlgaWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1954
- Super Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Super Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1954
- Super Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
- Typhoon TildaWestern Pacific · 1954
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1954
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.