The 1963 season

Typhoon Mamie (1963)

Typhoon Mamie reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between October 13, 1963 and October 19, 1963, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Mamie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1963 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
October 13, 1963 to October 19, 1963
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1023 km (636 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.4
Identifier
WP201963

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 13, 12:0019.1N 164.0E1008 mbMixed
Oct 13, 18:0019.6N 162.5E1006 mbMixed
Oct 14, 00:0020.0N 161.0E1004 mbMixed
Oct 14, 06:0020.4N 159.8E1000 mbMixed
Oct 14, 12:0020.2N 159.2E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 18:0020.0N 158.7E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:0019.8N 158.1E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 06:0019.9N 157.7E55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0020.2N 156.6E65 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0020.7N 155.4E75 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0021.3N 154.5E85 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0022.2N 153.7E90 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0023.0N 153.0E90 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0023.9N 152.1E95 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0024.8N 151.2E95 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0025.9N 150.6E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0027.3N 150.2E95 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0028.9N 150.2E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0030.6N 150.6E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0032.7N 151.4E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0034.8N 152.9E60 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0036.8N 156.2E1004 mbMixed
Oct 19, 00:0038.7N 159.9E1008 mbMixed

Other Western Pacific storms of 1963

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.