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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 18.0N 127.0E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 18.4N 126.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 19.0N 126.0E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 20.5N 125.5E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 21.4N 125.2E | 30 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 21.9N 124.9E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 22.3N 124.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 22.9N 124.9E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 23.7N 125.2E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 24.7N 125.4E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 26.0N 125.0E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 27.1N 124.0E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 27.7N 122.8E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 27.9N 121.3E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 28.2N 120.2E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 28.6N 119.0E | 35 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 28.9N 117.4E | 20 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 29.1N 116.9E | 20 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 29.3N 116.3E | 15 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 29.3N 115.6E | 15 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 29.3N 114.9E | 15 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 29.2N 114.6E | 15 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 29.0N 114.4E | 15 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 28.9N 114.7E | 15 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 28.8N 115.2E | 15 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 28.6N 115.8E | 15 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 28.3N 116.6E | 15 kt | 996 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 28.6N 116.4E | 996 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 28.9N 116.8E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 29.3N 116.9E | 996 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 30.0N 117.5E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 30.6N 117.6E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 30.6N 118.7E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 30.4N 118.9E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 30.0N 119.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1975
- Typhoon LolaWestern Pacific · 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 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.