The 1970 season

Typhoon Wilda (1970)

Typhoon Wilda reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between August 7, 1970 and August 19, 1970, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Wilda, 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 7, 1970 to August 19, 1970
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
19.4
Identifier
WP081970

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 7, 00:0017.5N 140.0ETropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0018.6N 138.9ETropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0019.5N 137.8ETropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0019.4N 136.5ETropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0020.2N 135.7ETropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0020.3N 135.2ETropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0020.6N 134.6ETropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0021.4N 133.6ETropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0022.0N 132.8E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0022.8N 131.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0022.5N 130.4E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0022.2N 129.9E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0021.7N 129.4E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0021.7N 129.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0022.0N 129.3E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0022.4N 129.2E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0022.7N 129.1E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0023.3N 129.0E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0023.8N 128.8E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0024.5N 128.8E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0024.8N 128.9E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0025.3N 129.0E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0026.0N 128.1E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0026.6N 129.0E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0027.2N 129.0E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0028.0N 129.1E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0028.7N 129.1E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0029.5N 128.8E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0030.4N 128.6E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0031.2N 128.8E95 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0032.3N 129.5E95 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0033.4N 130.4E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0035.1N 132.0E60 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0037.3N 134.5E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0039.5N 137.0E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0042.7N 139.7E45 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0044.0N 140.6E975 mbMixed
Aug 16, 06:0045.1N 142.1E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 12:0046.3N 144.3E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 18:0047.7N 146.6E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 00:0049.1N 149.0E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 06:0050.5N 151.3E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 12:0052.1N 155.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 18:0053.0N 159.8E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 00:0053.9N 163.3E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 06:0054.7N 166.3E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 12:0055.3N 170.5E982 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 18:0054.7N 174.0E978 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 00:0054.0N 178.0E980 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 06:0053.5N 182.6EExtratropical

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.