Typhoon Bess (1974)
Typhoon Bess reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between October 7, 1974 and October 14, 1974, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Bess, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1974 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 7, 1974 to October 14, 1974
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- WP261974
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 7, 00:00 | 11.0N 142.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 11.0N 141.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 11.4N 139.2E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 11.7N 137.4E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 12.0N 136.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 13.0N 135.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 14.0N 133.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 15.0N 132.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 15.7N 131.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 16.1N 129.5E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 16.1N 128.3E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 16.1N 127.3E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 16.6N 126.3E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 16.9N 125.4E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 17.1N 124.4E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 17.4N 123.2E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 17.7N 122.1E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 18.0N 120.9E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 18.3N 120.0E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 18.5N 119.2E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 18.9N 118.4E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 19.1N 117.6E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 19.2N 116.4E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 19.1N 115.2E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 19.1N 113.8E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 19.1N 112.4E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 19.1N 110.8E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 19.0N 109.0E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 19.1N 106.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 19.1N 104.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 19.0N 104.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1974
- Tropical Storm WandaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm AmyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm BabeWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon CarlaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm EmmaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm FredaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon GildaWestern Pacific · 1974 · 145 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm HarrietWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm JeanWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon IvyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon KimWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm LucyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon MaryWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Depression MaryWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Depression MaryWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon PollyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm RoseWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm TrixWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon VirginiaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm WendyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon ElaineWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm FayeWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm HesterWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm JudyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm KitWestern Pacific · 1974
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.