The 1964 season

Typhoon Viola (1964)

Typhoon Viola reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between May 21, 1964 and May 30, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Viola. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
May 21, 1964 to May 30, 1964
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.8
Identifier
WP021964

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
May 21, 18:0012.6N 112.0E1005 mbTropical storm
May 22, 00:0012.9N 112.3E1005 mbTropical storm
May 22, 06:0013.3N 112.5E1004 mbTropical storm
May 22, 12:0013.7N 112.5E1004 mbTropical storm
May 22, 18:0014.1N 112.6E1004 mbTropical storm
May 23, 00:0014.5N 112.5E1006 mbTropical storm
May 23, 06:0015.0N 112.5E1004 mbTropical storm
May 23, 12:0015.2N 112.4E1004 mbTropical storm
May 23, 18:0015.4N 112.2E1004 mbMixed
May 24, 00:0015.6N 112.6E1004 mbMixed
May 24, 06:0015.8N 112.9E1003 mbTropical storm
May 24, 12:0015.9N 113.4E1002 mbTropical storm
May 24, 18:0016.0N 113.8E1000 mbTropical storm
May 25, 00:0016.2N 114.3E998 mbTropical storm
May 25, 06:0016.4N 114.7E996 mbTropical storm
May 25, 12:0016.1N 115.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 25, 18:0016.5N 115.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 26, 00:0017.1N 115.8E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 26, 06:0017.7N 115.4E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 26, 12:0018.3N 114.9E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
May 26, 18:0018.8N 114.5E60 kt988 mbTropical storm
May 27, 00:0019.3N 114.2E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 27, 06:0019.5N 114.0E70 kt982 mbTropical storm
May 27, 12:0019.9N 113.7E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 27, 18:0020.6N 113.4E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 28, 00:0021.5N 113.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 28, 06:0022.4N 112.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 28, 12:0022.9N 112.6E994 mbTropical storm
May 28, 18:0023.3N 112.9E996 mbMixed
May 29, 00:0024.0N 113.0E1000 mbMixed
May 29, 06:0024.7N 113.4E1002 mbMixed
May 29, 12:0025.3N 114.1E1002 mbMixed
May 29, 18:0025.8N 114.6E1004 mbMixed
May 30, 00:0026.2N 115.2E1004 mbMixed
May 30, 06:0026.5N 115.9E1005 mbMixed
May 30, 12:0027.1N 116.6E1006 mbMixed

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.