The 1960 season

Typhoon Mary (1960)

Typhoon Mary reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between June 2, 1960 and June 13, 1960, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Mary. 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
June 2, 1960 to June 13, 1960
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.9
Fastest the center moved
62 kt (71 mph)
Identifier
WP031960

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
Jun 2, 00:0017.0N 116.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 2, 06:0017.2N 116.2E1004 mbMixed
Jun 2, 12:0017.1N 116.7E1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 2, 18:0016.5N 117.1E1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 00:0015.8N 116.6E1001 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 06:0015.4N 116.0E999 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 12:0015.1N 114.6E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 18:0015.2N 114.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 00:0015.3N 113.4E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 06:0015.5N 113.0E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 12:0015.8N 112.6E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 18:0016.1N 112.3E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 00:0016.4N 112.2E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 06:0016.6N 112.2E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 12:0016.8N 112.3E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 18:0016.9N 112.3E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 00:0017.1N 112.3E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 06:0017.3N 112.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 12:0017.5N 112.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 18:0017.7N 112.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 00:0017.9N 113.1E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 06:0018.5N 113.4E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 12:0019.3N 113.7E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 18:0020.3N 113.9E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 00:0020.9N 113.9E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 06:0021.4N 113.9E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 12:0021.9N 113.9E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 18:0022.4N 113.9E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 00:0022.9N 114.1E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 06:0023.6N 114.6E65 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 12:0024.6N 115.6E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 18:0025.6N 117.2E50 kt992 mbMixed
Jun 10, 00:0026.5N 119.4E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 06:0027.6N 122.0E60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 12:0028.6N 124.2E60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 18:0029.3N 126.1E65 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 00:0029.7N 128.5E70 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 06:0029.8N 131.4E70 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 12:0029.8N 134.8E60 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 18:0029.8N 138.7E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 12, 00:0029.9N 142.8E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 12, 06:0029.9N 146.9E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 12, 12:0032.0N 152.0E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 12, 18:0034.0N 159.0E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 13, 00:0035.0N 165.2E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jun 13, 06:0035.5N 170.0E30 kt1008 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.