Typhoon Doris (1969)
Typhoon Doris reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 29, 1969 and September 3, 1969, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Typhoon Doris. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.























Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- August 29, 1969 to September 3, 1969
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.7
- Identifier
- WP101969
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 10.0N 126.5E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 10.5N 125.3E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 10.9N 124.1E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 11.4N 123.0E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 11.9N 121.8E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 12.2N 120.7E | 1007 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 12.8N 119.5E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 13.5N 118.4E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 14.2N 117.4E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 14.6N 116.6E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 15.3N 115.5E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 15.9N 114.3E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 16.4N 113.1E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 16.5N 111.6E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 16.7N 110.3E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 17.0N 109.0E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 17.0N 107.7E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 17.1N 106.7E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 17.0N 106.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 16.5N 104.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 16.2N 103.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 17.0N 100.7E | 999 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 16.9N 99.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 16.9N 98.7E | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1969
- Typhoon PhyllisWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm RitaWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon SusanWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon TessWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Super Typhoon ViolaWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm WinnieWestern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm AliceWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon BettyWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon CoraWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Super Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm FlossieWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon GraceWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon HelenWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon JuneWestern Pacific · 1969
- Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm LornaWestern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm MarieWestern Pacific · 1969
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.