Typhoon Sally (1961)

Typhoon Sally reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 21, 1961 and October 1, 1961, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Sally, 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.

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The storm

Basin: Western Pacific
Dates: September 21, 1961 to October 1, 1961
Peak strength: Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure: 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 4.5
Identifier: WP211961

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 21, 12:00	11.0N 156.0E			Disturbance
Sep 21, 18:00	11.7N 154.4E			Disturbance
Sep 22, 00:00	12.2N 153.1E			Mixed
Sep 22, 06:00	12.3N 151.3E			Mixed
Sep 22, 12:00	12.4N 149.3E			Mixed
Sep 22, 18:00	12.7N 147.4E			Mixed
Sep 23, 00:00	13.4N 145.7E		1006 mb	Mixed
Sep 23, 06:00	14.3N 144.5E		1004 mb	Mixed
Sep 23, 12:00	14.8N 143.6E		1004 mb	Mixed
Sep 23, 18:00	15.2N 142.7E		1004 mb	Mixed
Sep 24, 00:00	15.8N 141.9E		1002 mb	Mixed
Sep 24, 06:00	16.3N 140.8E		1000 mb	Mixed
Sep 24, 12:00	16.7N 139.4E		998 mb	Mixed
Sep 24, 18:00	17.0N 138.0E		998 mb	Mixed
Sep 25, 00:00	17.5N 136.5E		998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 25, 06:00	18.1N 134.9E	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 25, 12:00	18.6N 133.9E	30 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 25, 18:00	19.2N 132.9E	30 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 26, 00:00	19.8N 132.1E	40 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 26, 06:00	20.3N 131.2E	40 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 26, 12:00	20.7N 130.4E	50 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 26, 18:00	21.1N 129.6E	50 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 27, 00:00	21.5N 128.6E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 27, 06:00	21.9N 127.2E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 27, 12:00	22.1N 125.7E	70 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 27, 18:00	22.3N 124.1E	70 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 28, 00:00	22.3N 122.6E	65 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 28, 06:00	22.6N 120.9E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 28, 12:00	22.5N 118.8E	65 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 28, 18:00	22.5N 117.0E	65 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 29, 00:00	22.6N 115.2E	50 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 29, 06:00	22.5N 113.6E	35 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 29, 12:00	22.3N 112.0E	30 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 29, 18:00	21.7N 110.8E	25 kt	1000 mb	Mixed
Sep 30, 00:00	21.3N 111.2E		1004 mb	Mixed
Sep 30, 06:00	20.9N 111.5E		1004 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 30, 12:00	20.9N 111.9E		1006 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 30, 18:00	20.6N 112.0E		1006 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 1, 00:00	20.0N 112.0E		1006 mb	Tropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.