The 1964 season

Typhoon Kate (1964)

Typhoon Kate reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between November 10, 1964 and November 20, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kate, 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 10, 1964 to November 20, 1964
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.2
Identifier
WP351964

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 10, 18:0013.5N 117.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 00:0013.5N 116.4E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 06:0013.4N 115.7E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 12:0012.9N 115.7E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 18:0012.5N 115.7E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 00:0012.5N 115.0E1007 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 06:0011.5N 115.3E1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 12:0010.4N 115.2E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 18:0010.0N 113.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 00:009.5N 112.0E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 06:009.1N 111.9E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 12:008.6N 112.0E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 18:008.6N 112.5E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 00:008.8N 112.9E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 06:009.1N 113.3E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 12:009.5N 113.4E50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 18:009.8N 113.4E55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 00:0010.2N 113.1E65 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 06:0010.3N 112.7E70 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:0010.5N 112.3E80 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:0010.7N 111.5E80 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:0011.1N 110.8E80 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:0011.5N 109.8E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:0012.0N 108.6E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:0013.0N 107.5E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:0013.5N 106.8E35 kt1010 mbMixed
Nov 17, 06:0014.0N 106.0E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0015.0N 105.5E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0012.1N 102.5ETropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0011.6N 101.3ETropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0011.2N 99.9ETropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0010.9N 98.3ETropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0010.5N 96.5ETropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0010.1N 95.0ETropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0010.0N 94.1ETropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0010.0N 93.5ETropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0010.0N 92.6ETropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0010.0N 91.6ETropical 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.