The 1960 season

Tropical Storm Lucille (1960)

Tropical Storm Lucille peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between May 25, 1960 and June 4, 1960, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Lucille. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
May 25, 1960 to June 4, 1960
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.0
Fastest the center moved
39 kt (45 mph)
Identifier
WP021960

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
May 25, 06:008.4N 131.3E15 ktTropical storm
May 25, 12:008.7N 130.7E15 ktTropical storm
May 25, 18:009.1N 130.1E15 ktTropical storm
May 26, 00:009.5N 129.4E15 ktTropical storm
May 26, 06:0010.0N 128.8E15 ktMixed
May 26, 12:0010.5N 128.1E15 ktTropical storm
May 26, 18:0011.1N 127.4E15 ktTropical storm
May 27, 00:0011.9N 126.7E15 ktTropical storm
May 27, 06:0012.6N 125.4E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm
May 27, 12:0013.2N 123.8E15 kt1003 mbTropical storm
May 27, 18:0013.7N 122.5E15 kt1003 mbTropical storm
May 28, 00:0014.3N 121.2E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
May 28, 06:0015.7N 120.3E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 28, 12:0017.3N 120.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 28, 18:0018.6N 121.9E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 29, 00:0019.4N 123.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
May 29, 06:0019.5N 124.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 29, 12:0019.3N 126.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 29, 18:0018.9N 127.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 30, 00:0018.7N 129.5E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
May 30, 06:0019.2N 130.7E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
May 30, 12:0019.8N 132.0E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 30, 18:0020.7N 133.5E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 31, 00:0021.9N 135.2E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 31, 06:0023.0N 137.1E45 kt986 mbTropical storm
May 31, 12:0024.0N 139.1E45 kt986 mbTropical storm
May 31, 18:0025.3N 140.9E45 kt986 mbMixed
Jun 1, 00:0027.2N 142.1E45 kt986 mbMixed
Jun 1, 06:0029.5N 143.3E45 kt986 mbMixed
Jun 1, 12:0031.6N 144.5E35 kt986 mbMixed
Jun 1, 18:0032.1N 149.1E990 mbMixed
Jun 2, 00:0033.0N 153.0E994 mbMixed
Jun 2, 06:0033.3N 157.5E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 12:0033.6N 160.8E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 18:0033.7N 162.9E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 00:0033.6N 165.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 06:0033.6N 167.5E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 12:0033.8N 170.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 18:0034.2N 172.5E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 00:0034.7N 175.5E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 06:0035.8N 179.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 12:0038.0N 182.8EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1960

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.