The 1956 season

Typhoon Nadine (1956)

Typhoon Nadine reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between November 22, 1956 and November 25, 1956, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nadine, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1956 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, 1956 to November 25, 1956
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 293 km (182 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.0
Identifier
WP221956

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, 18:0014.4N 129.0EDisturbance
Nov 23, 00:0014.6N 128.0EDisturbance
Nov 23, 06:0015.0N 127.0EDisturbance
Nov 23, 12:0015.7N 126.6ETropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0016.5N 126.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0017.8N 126.5E70 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0017.5N 126.8E75 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0017.2N 127.3E75 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0018.0N 127.8E75 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0018.6N 127.5E70 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0018.0N 127.2E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0017.6N 126.8E992 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:0017.0N 126.6E992 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1956

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.