Typhoon Violet (1967)
Typhoon Violet reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between March 31, 1967 and April 12, 1967, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Violet, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1967 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
- March 31, 1967 to April 12, 1967
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 24.7
- Identifier
- WP041967
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 18:00 | 4.0N 150.5E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 5.0N 149.7E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 5.1N 149.0E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 5.6N 148.0E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Mixed |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 6.1N 147.0E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 6.2N 145.8E | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 6.6N 144.6E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 7.6N 143.6E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 8.2N 142.3E | 65 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 8.9N 140.8E | 65 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 10.0N 139.6E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 10.9N 138.3E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 11.1N 137.1E | 70 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 12.0N 136.3E | 80 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 12.3N 135.2E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 12.7N 134.3E | 80 kt | 968 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 13.0N 133.5E | 80 kt | 968 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 13.3N 132.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 13.3N 132.8E | 90 kt | 946 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 13.5N 132.4E | 90 kt | 936 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 13.7N 131.6E | 120 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 13.8N 130.7E | 120 kt | 932 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 14.3N 129.9E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 14.7N 129.0E | 115 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 15.1N 128.1E | 115 kt | 942 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 00:00 | 15.5N 127.2E | 110 kt | 944 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 06:00 | 15.9N 126.3E | 110 kt | 948 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 12:00 | 16.3N 125.2E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 18:00 | 16.8N 124.1E | 105 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 17.3N 122.8E | 100 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 17.6N 121.7E | 100 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 18.1N 120.5E | 75 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 18.7N 119.4E | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 19.2N 118.7E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 19.7N 118.2E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 20.6N 117.8E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 21.1N 118.1E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 20.9N 117.6E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 21.8N 118.0E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 21.9N 118.9E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 21.7N 119.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 21.8N 120.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 21.8N 121.4E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 22.0N 122.4E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 22.5N 122.8E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 22.8N 122.8E | 1010 mb | Mixed | |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 23.5N 123.0E | 1012 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 26.0N 124.4E | 1016 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm RubyWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm ThereseWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm WildaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon AnitaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon ClaraWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Depression DotWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm DotWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon EllenWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm FranWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm HopeWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm IrisWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm LouiseWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon KateWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm JoanWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon NoraWestern Pacific · 1967
- Super Typhoon OpalWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm PatsyWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon RuthWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm VeraWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon WandaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon AmyWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm BabeWestern Pacific · 1967
- Super Typhoon CarlaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1967
- Super Typhoon EmmaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon FredaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Super Typhoon GildaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Typhoon HarrietWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Depression GildaWestern Pacific · 1967
- Tropical Storm IvyWestern Pacific · 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.