The 1960 season

Typhoon Mamie (1960)

Typhoon Mamie reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 11, 1960 and October 23, 1960, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Mamie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1960 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
October 11, 1960 to October 23, 1960
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 380 km (236 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.6
Identifier
WP241960

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
Oct 11, 12:0010.5N 162.5E1008 mbMixed
Oct 11, 18:0010.3N 161.5E1006 mbMixed
Oct 12, 00:009.9N 160.5E1006 mbMixed
Oct 12, 06:009.5N 159.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 12:009.2N 158.3E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 18:009.0N 157.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 00:009.2N 156.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 06:009.5N 155.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 12:009.8N 153.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 18:0010.4N 152.7E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 00:0013.5N 150.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 06:0013.8N 150.0E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 12:0014.1N 148.9E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 18:0014.6N 147.9E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:0015.3N 147.1E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 06:0016.2N 146.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0017.1N 145.7E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0018.0N 145.0E70 kt988 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0018.7N 144.1E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0019.1N 143.1E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0019.5N 142.2E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0019.7N 141.5E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0020.0N 141.1E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0020.2N 140.8E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0020.6N 140.8E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0020.9N 140.9E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0021.3N 141.1E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0021.8N 141.3E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0022.5N 141.7E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0023.5N 142.2E110 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0024.8N 142.7E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0026.8N 143.1E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0029.2N 143.3E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0031.3N 143.5E90 kt960 mbXX
Oct 20, 00:0032.8N 143.9E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0034.1N 144.5E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0035.4N 145.3E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0036.5N 146.1E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0037.6N 147.1E60 kt990 mbMixed
Oct 21, 06:0038.8N 148.6E60 kt990 mbMixed
Oct 21, 12:0039.6N 150.0E60 kt990 mbMixed
Oct 21, 18:0040.3N 152.5E50 kt990 mbMixed
Oct 22, 00:0041.0N 155.0E40 kt992 mbMixed
Oct 22, 06:0041.0N 157.5E35 kt994 mbMixed
Oct 22, 12:0041.2N 160.0E35 kt998 mbMixed
Oct 22, 18:0041.0N 163.0E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0040.5N 166.0E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0040.0N 169.0E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0040.0N 172.0E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm

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.