Typhoon Phyllis (1960)

Typhoon Phyllis reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between December 11, 1960 and December 20, 1960, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Phyllis, 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: December 11, 1960 to December 20, 1960
Peak strength: Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure: 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 171 km (106 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 18.5
Identifier: WP271960

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)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Dec 11, 00:00	7.4N 148.3E	20 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 06:00	7.6N 147.6E	20 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 12:00	8.0N 146.2E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 18:00	8.7N 144.2E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 12, 00:00	9.7N 142.1E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 12, 06:00	10.7N 140.1E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 12, 12:00	11.1N 138.9E	40 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 12, 18:00	11.4N 137.5E	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 13, 00:00	11.6N 135.9E	60 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 13, 06:00	11.9N 134.5E	70 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 13, 12:00	12.2N 133.7E	75 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 13, 18:00	12.6N 133.2E	80 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 14, 00:00	13.1N 133.0E	80 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 14, 06:00	13.5N 132.9E	80 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 14, 12:00	13.8N 132.8E	80 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 14, 18:00	14.0N 132.7E	75 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 15, 00:00	14.2N 132.6E	70 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 15, 06:00	14.6N 132.2E	70 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 15, 12:00	14.8N 131.6E	70 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 15, 18:00	14.9N 131.1E	70 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 00:00	15.0N 130.4E	70 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 06:00	15.2N 129.3E	80 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 12:00	15.3N 128.2E	80 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 18:00	15.4N 127.1E	90 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 00:00	15.7N 126.2E	90 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 06:00	15.9N 125.4E	90 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 12:00	16.2N 124.8E	90 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 18:00	16.6N 124.3E	90 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 00:00	17.0N 124.1E	100 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 06:00	17.3N 124.1E	100 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 12:00	17.7N 124.4E	105 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 18:00	17.8N 124.8E	100 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 00:00	17.8N 125.3E	85 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 06:00	17.9N 125.9E	75 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 12:00	18.0N 126.6E	55 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 18:00	18.1N 127.5E	30 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 00:00	18.1N 128.4E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 06:00	18.1N 128.5E		1006 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 12:00	18.4N 130.9E		1010 mb	Mixed
Dec 20, 18:00	19.0N 134.4E			Disturbance

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.