Super Typhoon Kate (1970)
Super Typhoon Kate reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 13, 1970 and October 26, 1970, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Kate, 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
- October 13, 1970 to October 26, 1970
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 36.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- WP181970
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 5.7N 143.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 5.6N 142.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 5.5N 141.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 5.4N 141.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 5.0N 140.0E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 4.9N 139.8E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 4.7N 139.2E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 4.6N 138.8E | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 4.4N 138.1E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 4.3N 137.4E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 4.7N 136.5E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 5.1N 135.2E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 4.6N 133.8E | 95 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 4.6N 132.6E | 110 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 4.5N 131.6E | 115 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 4.4N 130.7E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 4.5N 130.0E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 4.6N 129.2E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 4.9N 128.4E | 125 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 5.3N 127.4E | 125 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 6.0N 126.3E | 130 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 6.7N 125.4E | 110 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 7.5N 124.4E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 8.3N 123.3E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 9.3N 122.4E | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 9.9N 121.7E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 10.8N 121.0E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 11.7N 120.3E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 12.1N 119.4E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 12.7N 118.9E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 13.4N 118.5E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 14.1N 118.3E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 14.8N 117.9E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 15.4N 117.8E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 15.9N 117.5E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 16.3N 117.3E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 16.4N 117.0E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 16.5N 116.6E | 110 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 16.6N 116.3E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 16.7N 115.9E | 110 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 16.5N 114.8E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 16.3N 113.8E | 100 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 16.1N 112.7E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 16.0N 111.7E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 16.0N 111.7E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 15.9N 110.8E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 15.9N 110.0E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 15.8N 109.2E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 15.7N 108.3E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 15.6N 107.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 15.8N 106.2E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 15.7N 105.6E | 1006 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
- Super Typhoon HopeWestern 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
- 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.