Typhoon Pamela (1966)
Typhoon Pamela reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between December 24, 1966 and December 31, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Pamela, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 24, 1966 to December 31, 1966
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.1
- Identifier
- WP301966
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 7.0N 139.0E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 7.5N 137.5E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 8.0N 136.0E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 8.9N 134.1E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 9.5N 132.4E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 11.0N 129.5E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 11.1N 128.6E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 11.3N 127.7E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 11.5N 126.8E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 11.9N 125.9E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 12.3N 125.0E | 80 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 11.9N 124.1E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 12.3N 123.1E | 75 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 12.7N 122.2E | 75 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 12.8N 121.4E | 75 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 12.6N 120.8E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 12.5N 120.3E | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 12.5N 119.8E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 12.5N 119.2E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 12.6N 118.4E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 12.6N 117.7E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 12.7N 117.0E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 12.7N 116.1E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 12.7N 115.2E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 12.8N 113.9E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 13.1N 112.4E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 13.5N 110.6E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 12.2N 112.1E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 11.5N 111.5E | Disturbance |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1966
- Typhoon HesterWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1966
- Super Typhoon KitWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm LolaWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon MamieWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon NinaWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon OraWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm PhyllisWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon RitaWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon TessWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon SusanWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon ViolaWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm WinnieWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm BettyWestern Pacific · 1966
- Super Typhoon AliceWestern Pacific · 1966
- Super Typhoon CoraWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm DorisWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon FlossieWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm GraceWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm HelenWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon JuneWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm LornaWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm NancyWestern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm OlgaWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.