The 1964 season

Typhoon Joan (1964)

Typhoon Joan reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between November 4, 1964 and November 14, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Joan, 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
November 4, 1964 to November 14, 1964
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.8
Identifier
WP341964

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
Nov 4, 00:0011.0N 132.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 06:0012.0N 131.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 12:0012.0N 130.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 18:0013.0N 129.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 00:0013.4N 127.7E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 06:0013.0N 126.1E1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 12:0012.1N 124.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 18:0012.0N 123.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 00:0012.0N 122.0E1008 mbMixed
Nov 6, 06:0012.0N 120.8E1006 mbMixed
Nov 6, 12:0013.1N 117.5E40 kt1006 mbMixed
Nov 6, 18:0013.1N 117.1E40 kt1002 mbMixed
Nov 7, 00:0013.1N 116.6E40 kt1002 mbMixed
Nov 7, 06:0013.0N 115.8E40 kt1002 mbMixed
Nov 7, 12:0012.8N 114.9E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 18:0012.8N 113.2E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 00:0013.2N 111.8E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 06:0013.0N 110.8E65 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 12:0012.7N 109.8E70 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 18:0012.7N 108.7E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 00:0013.1N 108.0E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 06:0013.5N 107.0E35 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 9, 12:0014.5N 105.5E25 kt1002 mbMixed
Nov 9, 18:0010.0N 107.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 00:009.5N 106.3E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 06:008.9N 105.4E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 12:008.2N 104.9E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 18:007.9N 104.4E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 00:007.9N 103.9E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 06:007.9N 103.5E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 12:008.1N 103.3E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 18:008.1N 103.3E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 00:007.9N 103.3ETropical storm
Nov 12, 06:007.9N 103.0ETropical storm
Nov 12, 12:008.0N 102.8ETropical storm
Nov 12, 18:008.0N 102.6ETropical storm
Nov 13, 00:008.1N 102.4ETropical storm
Nov 13, 06:008.2N 102.1ETropical storm
Nov 13, 12:008.3N 101.7ETropical storm
Nov 13, 18:008.4N 101.2ETropical storm
Nov 14, 00:008.5N 100.6ETropical storm

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.