Typhoon Lola (1975)
Typhoon Lola reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between January 19, 1975 and January 28, 1975, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Typhoon Lola. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.























Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- January 19, 1975 to January 28, 1975
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.2
- Identifier
- WP011975
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 9.0N 140.0E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 8.7N 139.7E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 8.5N 139.3E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 8.3N 138.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 8.2N 138.6E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 8.0N 138.2E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 7.8N 137.7E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 7.7N 137.4E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 6.5N 137.5E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 6.6N 137.0E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 6.7N 136.6E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 6.9N 136.1E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 7.1N 135.6E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 7.4N 135.2E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 7.7N 134.9E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 18:00 | 7.9N 134.4E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 00:00 | 8.1N 134.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 06:00 | 8.4N 132.8E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 8.6N 131.5E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 8.8N 129.8E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 9.0N 127.9E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 9.1N 126.3E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 10.1N 124.8E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 10.7N 122.7E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 11.3N 120.2E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 11.7N 118.5E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 12.3N 117.0E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 13.0N 115.5E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 13.8N 114.2E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 06:00 | 14.6N 112.8E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 12:00 | 15.4N 112.7E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 16.1N 112.6E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 16.5N 112.4E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 16.9N 112.6E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 16.3N 112.8E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 15.8N 112.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 15.0N 112.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 14.5N 111.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 13.5N 110.7E | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Tropical Storm MamieWestern Pacific · 1975
- Super Typhoon NinaWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon OraWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon RitaWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon PhyllisWestern Pacific · 1975 · 77 deaths
- Tropical Depression RitaWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Tropical Storm SusanWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon TessWestern Pacific · 1975
- Tropical Storm ViolaWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon WinnieWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon AliceWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon BettyWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon CoraWestern Pacific · 1975
- Tropical Storm DorisWestern Pacific · 1975
- Super Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon FlossieWestern Pacific · 1975
- Tropical Depression FlossieWestern Pacific · 1975
- Tropical Depression FlossieWestern Pacific · 1975
- Tropical Storm GraceWestern Pacific · 1975
- Tropical Storm HelenWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1975
- Super Typhoon JuneWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.