Super Typhoon Hope (1970)
Super Typhoon Hope reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 18, 1970 and September 30, 1970, with a lowest pressure of 900 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Hope, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 18, 1970 to September 30, 1970
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 900 mb (26.58 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 559 km (347 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 30.8
- Identifier
- WP151970
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 13.2N 175.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 13.3N 174.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 13.5N 173.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 13.5N 172.1E | 1007 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 13.4N 170.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 13.7N 169.4E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 13.9N 167.9E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 14.2N 166.5E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 14.2N 164.9E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 14.2N 163.3E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 14.3N 161.8E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 14.9N 160.4E | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 15.1N 158.8E | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 15.3N 157.3E | 65 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 15.5N 155.3E | 70 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 15.8N 154.2E | 80 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 16.4N 153.3E | 90 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 17.1N 152.3E | 85 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 17.7N 151.1E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 18.8N 150.0E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 19.8N 149.0E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 20.1N 148.2E | 125 kt | 910 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 20.8N 146.9E | 150 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 21.8N 146.0E | 135 kt | 910 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 23.1N 145.3E | 130 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 24.2N 144.5E | 125 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 25.3N 144.0E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 26.3N 143.1E | 110 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 27.3N 142.4E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 28.6N 142.2E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 29.7N 142.4E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 30.6N 143.1E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 31.3N 144.3E | 100 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 31.7N 145.6E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 32.3N 146.9E | 95 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 32.3N 148.1E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 32.6N 149.5E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 32.6N 151.0E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 32.5N 152.3E | 85 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 32.3N 153.7E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 31.9N 155.2E | 80 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 31.5N 155.9E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 31.0N 156.6E | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 30.8N 156.5E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 29.3N 156.6E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 29.0N 155.7E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 29.5N 154.6E | 1012 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 30.4N 153.8E | 1012 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 31.4N 153.3E | 1014 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1970
- Typhoon NancyWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm PamelaWestern Pacific · 1970
- Super Typhoon OlgaWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm RubyWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm SallyWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm VioletWestern Pacific · 1970
- Typhoon WildaWestern Pacific · 1970
- Super Typhoon AnitaWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Typhoon ClaraWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm FranWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm EllenWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Super Typhoon GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Super Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1970
- Super Typhoon KateWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm LouiseWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm MargeWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm NoraWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm OpalWestern Pacific · 1970
- Super Typhoon PatsyWestern Pacific · 1970
- Tropical Storm RuthWestern Pacific · 1970
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.