Tropical Storm Marge (1962)
Tropical Storm Marge peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between July 28, 1962 and July 29, 1962, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Marge, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1962 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
- July 28, 1962 to July 29, 1962
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1677 km (1042 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Identifier
- WP091962
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 12.8N 149.2E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 12.8N 148.9E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 12.8N 148.7E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 12.9N 148.4E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 13.0N 148.2E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 13.1N 147.9E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 15.0N 146.4E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 15.4N 145.7E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1962
- Tropical Storm FranWestern Pacific · 1962
- Super Typhoon GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Tropical Storm IrisWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon KateWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon LouiseWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon NoraWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Super Typhoon OpalWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon PatsyWestern Pacific · 1962
- Super Typhoon RuthWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon SarahWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon VeraWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon WandaWestern Pacific · 1962 · 183 deaths
- Super Typhoon AmyWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Tropical Storm Babe:BabsWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon Carla:ClaraWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1962
- Super Typhoon EmmaWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon FredaWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon GildaWestern Pacific · 1962
- Tropical Storm HarrietWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon IvyWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon JeanWestern Pacific · 1962
- Super Typhoon KarenWestern Pacific · 1962
- Typhoon LucyWestern Pacific · 1962
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1962
- Tropical Storm MaryWestern Pacific · 1962
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1962
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.