The 1954 season

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.

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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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 22, 00:0011.5N 157.1E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0011.4N 156.5E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0011.3N 155.8E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0011.4N 155.1E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0011.5N 154.5E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0011.7N 153.8E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0011.8N 153.2E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0012.0N 152.5E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0012.2N 151.9E35 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0012.3N 151.2E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0012.3N 150.4E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0012.1N 149.8E40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0012.0N 149.1E40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0011.7N 148.7E50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0011.6N 147.9E50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:0011.9N 147.1E50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0012.0N 146.3E70 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0012.3N 145.6E70 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0012.8N 144.8E70 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 18:0012.3N 143.7E70 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 00:0012.2N 142.0E85 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 06:0012.0N 140.8E100 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 12:0011.8N 138.5E120 kt965 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 18:0011.7N 136.8E125 kt955 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 00:0011.3N 135.0E120 kt945 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 06:0011.4N 133.5E120 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 12:0011.6N 131.7E120 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 18:0011.2N 129.6E120 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 00:0010.9N 127.3E120 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 06:0010.9N 125.5E90 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 12:0011.1N 123.6E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 18:0010.7N 121.2E65 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 00:0010.9N 118.9E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 06:0010.7N 117.1E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 12:0010.6N 115.2E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 18:0010.7N 113.7E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 00:0010.7N 112.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 06:0010.8N 110.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 12:0010.9N 109.5E1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 18:0011.1N 108.8E1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 00:0011.5N 108.4E1000 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.