Typhoon Betty (1964)
Typhoon Betty reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between July 2, 1964 and July 7, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Betty, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1964 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 2, 1964 to July 7, 1964
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb (28.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 28 km (17 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.7
- Identifier
- WP051964
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 2, 00:00 | 21.8N 133.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 22.0N 132.5E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 22.2N 131.0E | 65 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 22.2N 129.8E | 75 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 22.5N 128.9E | 85 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 22.9N 128.1E | 100 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 23.3N 127.0E | 100 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 23.8N 126.2E | 100 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 24.3N 125.5E | 100 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 24.7N 125.0E | 100 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 25.2N 124.6E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 25.8N 124.2E | 100 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 26.4N 123.7E | 105 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 27.0N 123.4E | 110 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 27.8N 123.0E | 105 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 28.6N 122.8E | 95 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 29.3N 122.8E | 90 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 30.5N 123.0E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 32.4N 123.7E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 34.1N 125.3E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 35.7N 125.5E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 37.4N 126.0E | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1964
- Typhoon TessWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon ViolaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon WinnieWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon AliceWestern Pacific · 1964
- Super Typhoon CoraWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon DorisWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon FlossieWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm GraceWestern Pacific · 1964
- Super Typhoon HelenWestern Pacific · 1964
- Super Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm JuneWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm LornaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm NancyWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm OlgaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm PamelaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Super Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon TildaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon VioletWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Super Typhoon WildaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm AnitaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm BillieWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon ClaraWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm EllenWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm FranWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon KateWestern Pacific · 1964
- Super Typhoon Louise:MargeWestern Pacific · 1964
- Tropical Storm NoraWestern Pacific · 1964
- Super Typhoon OpalWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
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.