The 1966 season

Typhoon Judy (1966)

Typhoon Judy reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between May 21, 1966 and June 4, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Judy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1966 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
May 21, 1966 to June 4, 1966
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
974 mb (28.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.3
Identifier
WP031966

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, 06:0015.5N 117.0E1004 mbTropical storm
May 21, 12:0015.0N 115.0E1004 mbTropical storm
May 21, 18:0014.5N 114.0E1004 mbTropical storm
May 22, 00:0013.8N 113.5E1005 mbMixed
May 22, 06:0013.4N 113.3E1005 mbMixed
May 22, 12:0013.3N 113.5E1004 mbMixed
May 22, 18:0013.3N 113.8E1004 mbMixed
May 23, 00:0013.9N 114.5E1004 mbMixed
May 23, 06:0014.0N 114.9E1005 mbMixed
May 23, 12:0014.1N 115.3E1006 mbMixed
May 23, 18:0014.1N 115.5E1004 mbTropical storm
May 24, 00:0013.8N 116.0E1004 mbTropical storm
May 24, 06:0013.8N 116.3E1002 mbTropical storm
May 24, 12:0013.8N 116.5E1002 mbTropical storm
May 24, 18:0013.9N 116.8E1002 mbTropical storm
May 25, 00:0014.4N 116.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 25, 06:0014.4N 116.5E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 25, 12:0014.4N 116.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
May 25, 18:0014.5N 117.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 26, 00:0014.6N 117.7E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 26, 06:0014.9N 118.3E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 26, 12:0015.5N 118.4E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 26, 18:0015.9N 118.1E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 27, 00:0016.4N 117.6E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 27, 06:0016.8N 117.4E85 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 27, 12:0017.3N 117.2E85 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 27, 18:0017.8N 116.9E85 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 28, 00:0018.4N 116.7E85 kt976 mbTropical storm
May 28, 06:0019.0N 116.5E85 kt974 mbTropical storm
May 28, 12:0019.6N 116.3E80 kt974 mbTropical storm
May 28, 18:0020.2N 116.1E80 kt976 mbTropical storm
May 29, 00:0020.7N 116.4E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 29, 06:0020.8N 117.0E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 29, 12:0020.2N 117.5E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 29, 18:0021.7N 118.0E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 30, 00:0022.3N 118.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 30, 06:0022.7N 119.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 30, 12:0022.6N 120.4E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 30, 18:0022.7N 121.5E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
May 31, 00:0023.5N 122.3E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 31, 06:0027.1N 126.3E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 31, 12:0028.2N 128.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 31, 18:0029.4N 130.4E45 kt996 mbMixed
Jun 1, 00:0031.1N 132.9E998 mbMixed
Jun 1, 06:0032.2N 136.0E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 1, 12:0033.2N 140.0E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 1, 18:0033.8N 144.0E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 00:0034.3N 148.1E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 06:0034.9N 151.5E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 12:0035.4N 154.5E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 18:0035.8N 157.2E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 00:0036.1N 160.0E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 06:0036.8N 163.5E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 12:0037.3N 167.0E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 18:0038.0N 170.0E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 00:0039.2N 173.0E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 06:0040.2N 176.1E994 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 12:0041.1N 179.3E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 18:0042.0N 184.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1966

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.