Typhoon Tess (1964)
Typhoon Tess reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between May 12, 1964 and May 27, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Tess, 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
- May 12, 1964 to May 27, 1964
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb (28.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 407 km (253 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.5
- Identifier
- WP011964
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 00:00 | 10.3N 133.5E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| May 12, 06:00 | 10.5N 133.4E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| May 12, 12:00 | 10.9N 133.6E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| May 12, 18:00 | 11.3N 133.9E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| May 13, 00:00 | 11.5N 134.2E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| May 13, 06:00 | 11.7N 133.8E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| May 13, 12:00 | 11.8N 133.4E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| May 13, 18:00 | 12.0N 133.0E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| May 14, 00:00 | 12.0N 132.7E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| May 14, 06:00 | 12.1N 132.2E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 12:00 | 12.3N 132.2E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 18:00 | 12.6N 132.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 00:00 | 12.9N 132.1E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 06:00 | 13.1N 131.8E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 12:00 | 12.8N 131.3E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 18:00 | 12.3N 131.2E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 00:00 | 11.7N 130.8E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 06:00 | 11.2N 130.3E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 12:00 | 11.1N 129.8E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 18:00 | 11.2N 129.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 00:00 | 11.8N 129.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 06:00 | 12.2N 130.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 12:00 | 12.5N 130.8E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 18:00 | 12.6N 131.6E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 00:00 | 12.6N 132.6E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 06:00 | 12.6N 133.3E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 12:00 | 12.6N 134.2E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 18:00 | 12.7N 135.2E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 00:00 | 13.0N 136.3E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 06:00 | 13.4N 137.5E | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 12:00 | 13.9N 138.8E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 18:00 | 14.7N 140.2E | 70 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 00:00 | 15.5N 141.8E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 06:00 | 16.3N 143.6E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 12:00 | 17.2N 145.5E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 18:00 | 18.5N 147.6E | 80 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 00:00 | 20.2N 149.0E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 06:00 | 22.3N 150.3E | 85 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 12:00 | 23.9N 151.9E | 85 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 18:00 | 25.6N 153.1E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 00:00 | 27.3N 153.8E | 75 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 06:00 | 28.7N 154.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 12:00 | 29.7N 155.8E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 18:00 | 30.6N 157.0E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 00:00 | 31.0N 157.5E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 06:00 | 31.8N 158.5E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 12:00 | 33.0N 159.0E | 30 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 18:00 | 34.2N 161.1E | 985 mb | Tropical storm | |
| May 24, 00:00 | 34.9N 162.2E | 990 mb | Mixed | |
| May 24, 06:00 | 35.3N 163.5E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 24, 12:00 | 35.6N 164.8E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 24, 18:00 | 36.0N 166.7E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 25, 00:00 | 36.0N 168.2E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 25, 06:00 | 36.0N 169.2E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 25, 12:00 | 36.0N 170.5E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 25, 18:00 | 36.2N 171.4E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 26, 00:00 | 36.5N 172.7E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 26, 06:00 | 36.9N 173.5E | 1010 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 26, 12:00 | 37.0N 173.9E | 1012 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 26, 18:00 | 37.0N 174.0E | 1012 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 27, 00:00 | 37.0N 174.2E | 1014 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 27, 06:00 | 37.0N 174.4E | 1014 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon ViolaWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon WinnieWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon AliceWestern Pacific · 1964
- Typhoon BettyWestern 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.