The 1966 season

Typhoon June (1966)

Typhoon June reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 18, 1966 and September 30, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon June, 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.

Open the live map with storms, cones and warnings

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
September 18, 1966 to September 30, 1966
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 206 km (128 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.6
Identifier
WP241966

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
Sep 18, 18:0011.0N 160.0E1006 mbMixed
Sep 19, 00:0010.9N 159.0E1006 mbMixed
Sep 19, 06:0010.5N 158.0E1006 mbMixed
Sep 19, 12:0010.2N 156.7E1006 mbMixed
Sep 19, 18:0010.0N 155.5E1006 mbMixed
Sep 20, 00:0010.0N 154.0E1006 mbMixed
Sep 20, 06:0010.1N 152.8E1004 mbMixed
Sep 20, 12:0010.2N 151.8E1004 mbMixed
Sep 20, 18:0010.5N 150.6E1004 mbMixed
Sep 21, 00:0010.7N 149.2E1004 mbMixed
Sep 21, 06:0010.9N 148.0E1004 mbMixed
Sep 21, 12:0010.9N 147.0E1004 mbMixed
Sep 21, 18:0011.1N 145.8E1002 mbMixed
Sep 22, 00:0011.2N 144.7E1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 06:0011.1N 144.2E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 12:0011.4N 143.4E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 18:0011.5N 142.7E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 00:0011.8N 142.6E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 06:0012.8N 142.5E60 kt986 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 12:0014.0N 142.5E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0015.2N 142.2E60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 00:0016.2N 141.6E60 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 06:0017.3N 140.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 12:0018.4N 139.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 18:0019.3N 138.4E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 00:0019.4N 137.5E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 06:0019.3N 137.2E60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 12:0019.0N 137.2E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 18:0019.3N 137.7E50 kt986 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 00:0019.7N 138.2E55 kt983 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 06:0020.5N 139.0E65 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 12:0021.2N 139.6E65 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 18:0022.2N 140.5E65 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0023.3N 141.1E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 06:0024.6N 141.8E65 kt976 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:0026.1N 142.9E70 kt976 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 18:0027.7N 143.9E75 kt976 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 00:0029.7N 145.0E85 kt976 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 06:0031.7N 147.0E95 kt976 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 12:0034.1N 150.1E95 kt976 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 18:0036.7N 152.9E95 kt976 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 00:0040.0N 155.8E80 kt976 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 06:0043.2N 159.7E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0046.4N 164.3E45 kt982 mbMixed
Sep 29, 18:0048.5N 170.0E45 kt982 mbMixed
Sep 30, 00:0049.5N 176.0E50 kt982 mbMixed
Sep 30, 06:0050.5N 178.0W55 ktMixed
Sep 30, 12:0051.5N 175.0W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0053.0N 172.0W50 ktTropical storm

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.