The 1975 season

Super Typhoon June (1975)

Super Typhoon June reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between November 15, 1975 and November 25, 1975, with a lowest pressure of 875 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Super Typhoon June. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 15, 1975 to November 25, 1975
Peak strength
Category 5, 160 kt (184 mph)
Lowest pressure
875 mb (25.84 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
37.4
Identifier
WP231975

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
Nov 15, 00:008.1N 146.4E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 15, 06:008.0N 145.4E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:008.0N 144.4E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:007.8N 143.7E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:007.2N 143.4E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:006.7N 143.1E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:006.3N 142.6E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:006.4N 142.9E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:006.6N 142.5E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:006.9N 142.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:006.7N 142.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:007.3N 142.2E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:007.9N 142.4E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:008.8N 142.5E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:009.6N 142.3E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0010.5N 142.1E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0011.3N 141.8E135 kt905 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0012.3N 141.5E150 kt885 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0013.2N 141.0E160 kt875 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0013.8N 140.3E150 kt885 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0014.3N 139.6E145 kt895 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0014.8N 138.7E140 kt900 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0015.3N 138.1E140 kt900 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0016.0N 137.5E140 kt900 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0016.7N 136.8E140 kt900 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0017.5N 136.0E135 kt900 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0018.3N 135.4E130 kt915 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0019.4N 135.1E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0020.6N 135.1E120 kt925 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0021.7N 135.1E115 kt925 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0022.8N 135.4E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0024.0N 136.2E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0025.3N 137.4E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0027.2N 139.9E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0030.0N 143.4E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0033.0N 147.5E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0036.8N 152.8E60 kt970 mbMixed
Nov 24, 06:0042.0N 161.0E50 kt976 mbMixed
Nov 24, 12:0047.5N 169.0E40 kt976 mbMixed
Nov 24, 18:0053.0N 176.0E40 kt976 mbMixed
Nov 25, 00:0059.0N 173.3E964 mbExtratropical
Nov 25, 06:0062.0N 172.0E960 mbExtratropical
Nov 25, 12:0063.0N 175.0E960 mbExtratropical
Nov 25, 18:0065.5N 174.0E960 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1975

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.