Typhoon Tilda (1954)
Typhoon Tilda reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 22, 1954 and December 2, 1954, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Tilda, 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
- November 22, 1954 to December 2, 1954
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.3
- Identifier
- WP191954
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 00:00 | 11.5N 157.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 22, 06:00 | 11.4N 156.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 22, 12:00 | 11.3N 155.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 22, 18:00 | 11.4N 155.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 23, 00:00 | 11.5N 154.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 23, 06:00 | 11.7N 153.8E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 23, 12:00 | 11.8N 153.2E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 23, 18:00 | 12.0N 152.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 24, 00:00 | 12.2N 151.9E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 24, 06:00 | 12.3N 151.2E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 12:00 | 12.3N 150.4E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 18:00 | 12.1N 149.8E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 12.0N 149.1E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 06:00 | 11.7N 148.7E | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 12:00 | 11.6N 147.9E | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 18:00 | 11.9N 147.1E | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 00:00 | 12.0N 146.3E | 70 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 06:00 | 12.3N 145.6E | 70 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 12:00 | 12.8N 144.8E | 70 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 18:00 | 12.3N 143.7E | 70 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 00:00 | 12.2N 142.0E | 85 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 06:00 | 12.0N 140.8E | 100 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 12:00 | 11.8N 138.5E | 120 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 18:00 | 11.7N 136.8E | 125 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 00:00 | 11.3N 135.0E | 120 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 06:00 | 11.4N 133.5E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 12:00 | 11.6N 131.7E | 120 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 18:00 | 11.2N 129.6E | 120 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 29, 00:00 | 10.9N 127.3E | 120 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 29, 06:00 | 10.9N 125.5E | 90 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 29, 12:00 | 11.1N 123.6E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 29, 18:00 | 10.7N 121.2E | 65 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 00:00 | 10.9N 118.9E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 06:00 | 10.7N 117.1E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 12:00 | 10.6N 115.2E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 18:00 | 10.7N 113.7E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 10.7N 112.4E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 10.8N 110.9E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 10.9N 109.5E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 11.1N 108.8E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 11.5N 108.4E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
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
- Typhoon GraceWestern 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
- 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.