The 1970 season

Super Typhoon Anita (1970)

Super Typhoon Anita reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 13, 1970 and August 24, 1970, with a lowest pressure of 910 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Anita, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1970 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
August 13, 1970 to August 24, 1970
Peak strength
Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
Lowest pressure
910 mb (26.87 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.7
Fastest the center moved
38 kt (44 mph)
Identifier
WP091970

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
Aug 13, 06:0011.7N 149.3EDisturbance
Aug 13, 12:0011.8N 148.3EDisturbance
Aug 13, 18:0012.0N 147.2EDisturbance
Aug 14, 00:0012.3N 146.1EDisturbance
Aug 14, 06:0012.8N 145.1EDisturbance
Aug 14, 12:0013.4N 144.4EDisturbance
Aug 14, 18:0013.9N 144.0EDisturbance
Aug 15, 00:0014.7N 143.6E1006 mbMixed
Aug 15, 06:0015.5N 143.5E1006 mbMixed
Aug 15, 12:0016.3N 143.5E1006 mbMixed
Aug 15, 18:0017.2N 143.5E1006 mbMixed
Aug 16, 00:0019.1N 144.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0019.3N 143.5E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0019.3N 142.5E60 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0019.6N 141.7E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0020.1N 141.1E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0020.6N 140.3E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0020.9N 139.5E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0021.1N 139.1E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0021.1N 138.9E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0020.9N 139.0E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0021.7N 138.5E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0022.4N 138.1E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0023.1N 137.7E100 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0023.9N 137.4E115 kt925 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0024.7N 137.1E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0025.9N 136.8E135 kt910 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0027.3N 136.3E130 kt915 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0028.7N 135.6E125 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0030.1N 134.8E110 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0031.5N 133.9E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0033.0N 133.1E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0034.7N 132.4E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0036.5N 132.9E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0038.3N 134.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0040.2N 135.7E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0042.3N 137.4E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0044.7N 139.4E990 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0046.5N 143.0E1000 mbMixed
Aug 23, 00:0048.4N 146.0E1000 mbMixed
Aug 23, 06:0050.0N 149.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 23, 12:0051.0N 153.1E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 23, 18:0052.0N 159.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 24, 00:0051.9N 162.4E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 24, 06:0050.9N 166.0E1002 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1970

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.