Super Typhoon Gilda (1959)
Super Typhoon Gilda reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between December 11, 1959 and December 22, 1959, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb, and made landfall. It killed 23 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Gilda, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1959 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
- December 11, 1959 to December 22, 1959
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 925 mb (27.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 39.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- WP221959
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
23 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 6.3N 146.5E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 6.7N 146.1E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 7.0N 145.3E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 7.2N 144.6E | 995 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 7.5N 143.9E | 995 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 7.1N 143.4E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 7.2N 142.9E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 7.3N 142.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 7.3N 141.5E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 7.4N 140.5E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 7.6N 139.5E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 7.8N 138.5E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 8.0N 137.5E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 8.1N 136.6E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 8.3N 135.8E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 8.5N 134.9E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 8.8N 133.9E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 9.3N 132.7E | 120 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 9.9N 131.5E | 130 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 10.4N 130.2E | 130 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 10.9N 129.2E | 140 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 11.2N 128.4E | 145 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 11.5N 127.8E | 150 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 11.7N 127.3E | 150 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 12.0N 126.6E | 150 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 12.2N 125.7E | 140 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 12.2N 124.7E | 130 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 12.2N 123.5E | 115 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 12.2N 122.4E | 110 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 12.2N 121.2E | 115 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 12.2N 120.1E | 100 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 12.3N 118.9E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 12.5N 117.8E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 12.6N 116.7E | 90 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 12.6N 115.5E | 90 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 12.6N 114.3E | 90 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 12.6N 112.8E | 85 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 12.4N 111.4E | 85 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 12.1N 110.1E | 70 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 11.8N 109.1E | 60 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 11.6N 108.5E | 50 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 11.6N 106.5E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 11.5N 105.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 11.4N 103.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1959
- Tropical Storm RubyWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Storm SallyWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon TildaWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Depression VioletWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Depression WildaWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon EllenWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Depression HopeWestern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1959
- Super Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Storm KateWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon LouiseWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Depression MargeWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Storm Opal:RuthWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Storm NoraWestern Pacific · 1959
- Super Typhoon SarahWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Depression ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1959
- Super Typhoon VeraWestern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon AmyWestern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Storm BabsWestern Pacific · 1959
- Super Typhoon CharlotteWestern Pacific · 1959
- Super Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon EmmaWestern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1959
- Typhoon FredaWestern Pacific · 1959
- Super Typhoon HarrietWestern Pacific · 1959
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.