The 1966 season

Typhoon Nina (1966)

Typhoon Nina reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 15, 1966 and July 20, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nina, 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
July 15, 1966 to July 20, 1966
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 100 km (62 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.4
Identifier
WP071966

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
Jul 15, 12:0018.0N 143.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 15, 18:0018.5N 141.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 00:0019.0N 140.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 06:0019.2N 138.2E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 12:0019.7N 136.5E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 18:0019.9N 134.5E1006 mbMixed
Jul 17, 00:0020.3N 132.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 06:0020.9N 131.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 12:0021.5N 130.1E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 18:0022.1N 128.9E55 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 00:0022.2N 127.3E65 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 06:0022.3N 125.7E60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 12:0022.6N 124.7E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 18:0022.9N 123.8E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 00:0023.5N 123.3E45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0024.0N 123.3E45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0024.6N 123.2E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0025.4N 123.0E35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0026.2N 122.8E30 ktTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0027.1N 122.2E25 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.