The 1967 season

Typhoon Billie (1967)

Typhoon Billie reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between June 29, 1967 and July 12, 1967, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Billie. 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
June 29, 1967 to July 12, 1967
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.4
Identifier
WP071967

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
Jun 29, 18:009.1N 148.0E1006 mbMixed
Jun 30, 00:0010.0N 147.0E1006 mbMixed
Jun 30, 06:0010.6N 145.5E1004 mbMixed
Jun 30, 12:0011.0N 144.0E1003 mbMixed
Jun 30, 18:0011.4N 142.8E1003 mbMixed
Jul 1, 00:0011.9N 141.8E1003 mbMixed
Jul 1, 06:0012.4N 141.2E1003 mbMixed
Jul 1, 12:0012.8N 140.5E1003 mbMixed
Jul 1, 18:0013.3N 139.8E1003 mbMixed
Jul 2, 00:0014.3N 138.7E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 06:0014.7N 138.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 12:0015.0N 137.7E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 18:0015.5N 137.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 00:0015.9N 136.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 06:0016.4N 135.8E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 12:0016.8N 134.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 18:0017.0N 133.4E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 4, 00:0016.7N 131.8E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 4, 06:0016.3N 130.4E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 4, 12:0016.5N 129.2E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 4, 18:0017.1N 128.4E70 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 5, 00:0017.7N 128.1E75 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jul 5, 06:0018.5N 127.7E70 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jul 5, 12:0019.3N 127.3E65 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 5, 18:0020.2N 126.9E70 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jul 6, 00:0021.0N 126.6E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 6, 06:0021.8N 126.3E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 6, 12:0022.5N 126.1E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 6, 18:0023.2N 125.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 00:0024.2N 125.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 06:0025.1N 125.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 12:0026.1N 125.2E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 18:0026.8N 125.2E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 00:0027.6N 125.1E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 06:0028.5N 126.1E996 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 12:0029.6N 126.5E996 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 18:0030.6N 127.1E996 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 00:0031.8N 128.0E994 mbExtratropical
Jul 9, 06:0034.0N 130.9E1000 mbExtratropical
Jul 9, 12:0035.2N 135.1E1003 mbExtratropical
Jul 9, 18:0035.9N 138.2E1003 mbExtratropical
Jul 10, 00:0037.5N 144.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Jul 10, 06:0038.3N 146.6E1002 mbExtratropical
Jul 10, 12:0039.0N 149.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jul 10, 18:0039.5N 151.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Jul 11, 00:0040.0N 153.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jul 11, 06:0040.5N 155.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jul 11, 12:0041.2N 157.5E1006 mbExtratropical
Jul 11, 18:0042.5N 160.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jul 12, 00:0043.5N 162.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Jul 12, 06:0044.6N 164.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Jul 12, 12:0046.0N 167.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Jul 12, 18:0048.0N 170.0E1010 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1967

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.