The 1964 season

Typhoon Flossie (1964)

Typhoon Flossie reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 24, 1964 and August 1, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Flossie, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
July 24, 1964 to August 1, 1964
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.8
Identifier
WP091964

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
Jul 24, 00:0018.0N 128.1E1004 mbMixed
Jul 24, 06:0018.8N 128.7E1004 mbMixed
Jul 24, 12:0019.6N 129.1E1004 mbMixed
Jul 24, 18:0020.2N 129.8E1004 mbMixed
Jul 25, 00:0021.1N 130.1E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0022.3N 129.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0023.3N 129.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0024.3N 128.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0025.3N 127.8E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 06:0025.7N 127.2E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0026.3N 126.6E65 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0026.9N 125.8E65 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0027.3N 124.9E65 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0027.8N 124.3E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0028.5N 123.7E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0029.5N 122.9E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0030.7N 122.5E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0031.8N 122.3E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0032.9N 122.5E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0034.0N 122.9E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0035.3N 123.2E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0037.2N 123.9E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0039.5N 125.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0041.7N 127.1E992 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0043.9N 128.7E996 mbMixed
Jul 30, 06:0045.3N 129.5E996 mbMixed
Jul 30, 12:0046.1N 130.1E998 mbMixed
Jul 30, 18:0046.5N 130.6E998 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 00:0046.9N 131.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 06:0047.0N 131.4E1002 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 12:0047.3N 131.8E1004 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 18:0047.7N 132.3E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 00:0048.2N 133.1E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 06:0049.9N 135.8E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 12:0051.1N 139.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 18:0053.0N 143.0E1000 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.