The 1967 season

Typhoon Wanda (1967)

Typhoon Wanda reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 16, 1967 and September 26, 1967, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Wanda, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
September 16, 1967 to September 26, 1967
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
962 mb (28.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 351 km (218 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.2
Identifier
WP261967

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 16, 00:0017.0N 145.1E1004 mbMixed
Sep 16, 06:0018.0N 145.1E1002 mbMixed
Sep 16, 12:0018.9N 145.6E1002 mbMixed
Sep 16, 18:0019.5N 145.9E1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0020.0N 146.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0020.9N 145.6E998 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0021.8N 145.1E998 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0022.6N 145.3E996 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0023.5N 145.6E996 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0023.9N 145.4E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0023.6N 145.2E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0023.4N 144.9E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 00:0023.4N 144.6E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 06:0023.5N 144.1E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 12:0023.8N 143.5E65 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 18:0023.7N 142.8E70 kt974 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 00:0023.0N 142.6E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 06:0022.4N 142.4E80 kt968 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 12:0022.3N 142.1E85 kt966 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 18:0022.1N 142.0E90 kt964 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 00:0022.5N 142.1E95 kt962 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 06:0022.8N 142.5E90 kt962 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 12:0023.1N 143.1E85 kt964 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 18:0023.7N 143.1E80 kt968 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 00:0024.3N 143.3E85 kt968 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 06:0024.8N 143.5E85 kt966 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 12:0025.4N 143.6E80 kt966 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 18:0026.3N 143.7E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 00:0027.3N 143.8E75 kt964 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 06:0028.4N 144.0E75 kt964 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 12:0029.9N 144.3E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0031.6N 144.6E70 kt966 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 00:0033.4N 145.5E65 kt966 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 06:0035.5N 147.1E60 kt966 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 12:0038.0N 149.8E50 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 18:0043.0N 152.5E50 kt986 mbMixed
Sep 25, 00:0045.0N 155.0E55 kt990 mbMixed
Sep 25, 06:0046.0N 161.0E60 kt990 mbMixed
Sep 25, 12:0047.0N 163.5E65 kt984 mbMixed
Sep 25, 18:0048.0N 166.0E65 kt982 mbMixed
Sep 26, 00:0048.0N 170.0E50 kt982 mbMixed
Sep 26, 06:0049.0N 172.5E40 kt982 mbMixed
Sep 26, 12:0050.0N 175.0E40 kt982 mbMixed

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.