The 1975 season

Typhoon Ora (1975)

Typhoon Ora reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 9, 1975 and August 17, 1975, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Ora, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1975 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 9, 1975 to August 17, 1975
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.5
Identifier
WP061975

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 9, 00:0018.0N 127.0E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0018.4N 126.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0019.0N 126.0E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0020.5N 125.5E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0021.4N 125.2E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0021.9N 124.9E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0022.3N 124.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0022.9N 124.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0023.7N 125.2E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0024.7N 125.4E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0026.0N 125.0E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0027.1N 124.0E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0027.7N 122.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0027.9N 121.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0028.2N 120.2E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0028.6N 119.0E35 kt986 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0028.9N 117.4E20 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0029.1N 116.9E20 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0029.3N 116.3E15 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0029.3N 115.6E15 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0029.3N 114.9E15 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0029.2N 114.6E15 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0029.0N 114.4E15 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0028.9N 114.7E15 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0028.8N 115.2E15 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0028.6N 115.8E15 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0028.3N 116.6E15 kt996 mbMixed
Aug 15, 18:0028.6N 116.4E996 mbMixed
Aug 16, 00:0028.9N 116.8E998 mbMixed
Aug 16, 06:0029.3N 116.9E996 mbMixed
Aug 16, 12:0030.0N 117.5E998 mbMixed
Aug 16, 18:0030.6N 117.6E1000 mbMixed
Aug 17, 00:0030.6N 118.7E998 mbMixed
Aug 17, 06:0030.4N 118.9E998 mbMixed
Aug 17, 12:0030.0N 119.0E1000 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.