The 1960 season

Typhoon Nina (1960)

Typhoon Nina reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between October 20, 1960 and October 29, 1960, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Nina. 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
October 20, 1960 to October 29, 1960
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 304 km (189 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.1
Identifier
WP251960

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 20, 00:0013.0N 137.5E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0012.5N 137.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0012.0N 136.2E1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0011.6N 135.4E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0011.3N 134.6E1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0011.3N 134.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0011.6N 133.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0012.0N 133.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0012.6N 132.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0013.0N 132.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0013.5N 131.8E1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0014.1N 131.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0015.4N 131.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0016.0N 130.8E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0016.6N 130.7E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0017.2N 130.9E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0017.9N 131.2E65 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0018.8N 131.8E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0019.5N 132.3E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0019.9N 132.6E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0020.3N 133.0E90 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0020.7N 133.4E100 kt966 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0021.4N 133.9E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0022.4N 134.6E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0024.1N 135.5E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0026.1N 136.7E110 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0028.4N 138.2E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0030.8N 140.2E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0033.4N 142.9E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0036.8N 146.3E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0040.8N 150.2E75 kt965 mbMixed
Oct 27, 18:0045.0N 155.3E70 kt970 mbMixed
Oct 28, 00:0047.0N 161.5E60 kt962 mbMixed
Oct 28, 06:0048.0N 166.2E50 kt958 mbMixed
Oct 28, 12:0049.2N 172.5E40 kt968 mbMixed
Oct 28, 18:0050.0N 174.5E45 kt965 mbMixed
Oct 29, 00:0051.0N 177.0E60 kt966 mbMixed
Oct 29, 06:0052.0N 179.0E60 kt966 mbMixed
Oct 29, 12:0052.6N 178.0W60 ktMixed

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.