Super Typhoon Nancy (1961)
Super Typhoon Nancy reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 6, 1961 and September 20, 1961, with a lowest pressure of 890 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Nancy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1961 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 6, 1961 to September 20, 1961
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 185 kt (213 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 890 mb (26.28 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 77.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Identifier
- WP181961
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 7.1N 173.0E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 7.4N 170.8E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 7.7N 168.6E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 7.9N 166.5E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 8.8N 164.3E | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 8.8N 163.2E | 60 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 8.8N 161.8E | 90 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 8.9N 160.1E | 105 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 8.9N 158.4E | 115 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 9.0N 156.8E | 125 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 9.1N 155.1E | 135 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 9.3N 153.3E | 140 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 9.6N 151.7E | 150 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 10.0N 149.9E | 150 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 10.5N 148.3E | 160 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 11.0N 146.7E | 165 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 11.5N 145.2E | 175 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 12.0N 144.0E | 175 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 12.6N 142.8E | 180 kt | 915 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 13.2N 141.4E | 180 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 14.0N 140.1E | 180 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 14.8N 138.8E | 180 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 15.5N 137.5E | 185 kt | 890 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 16.2N 136.1E | 180 kt | 890 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 17.0N 134.9E | 180 kt | 890 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 17.7N 133.7E | 170 kt | 890 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 18.4N 132.3E | 170 kt | 890 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 19.4N 131.3E | 160 kt | 890 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 20.6N 130.6E | 160 kt | 890 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 21.9N 129.9E | 150 kt | 890 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 23.2N 129.4E | 150 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 24.6N 129.1E | 140 kt | 905 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 25.9N 128.9E | 140 kt | 910 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 27.2N 129.1E | 130 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 28.2N 129.3E | 125 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 29.1N 130.0E | 120 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 29.9N 131.1E | 110 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 31.2N 132.3E | 110 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 33.1N 134.0E | 90 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 35.5N 136.1E | 70 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 39.3N 139.2E | 65 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 44.6N 141.8E | 65 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 48.5N 144.4E | 60 kt | 962 mb | XX |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 50.7N 146.9E | 50 kt | 965 mb | XX |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 55.0N 152.5E | 40 kt | 962 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 54.6N 152.0E | 952 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 55.4N 154.3E | 955 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 56.0N 157.4E | 962 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 57.0N 164.0E | 968 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 57.0N 168.0E | 970 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 57.4N 172.0E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 58.3N 175.0E | 978 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 59.3N 176.0E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 60.5N 179.0E | 986 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 61.3N 181.6E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1961
- Tropical Storm RitaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm SusanWestern Pacific · 1961
- Super Typhoon TessWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm ViolaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon AliceWestern Pacific · 1961 · 4 deaths
- Super Typhoon BettyWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon CoraWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm DorisWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Depression DorisWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm FlossieWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm GraceWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon HelenWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon JuneWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon LornaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm MarieWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon OlgaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Super Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Depression RubyWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1961
- Super Typhoon TildaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Super Typhoon VioletWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Depression WildaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Depression AnitaWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1961
- Typhoon ClaraWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Super Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1961
- Super Typhoon EllenWestern Pacific · 1961
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.