Typhoon Phyllis (1975)
Typhoon Phyllis reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 11, 1975 and August 20, 1975, with a lowest pressure of 920 mb, and made landfall. It killed 77 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Phyllis, 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 11, 1975 to August 20, 1975
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 920 mb (27.17 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- WP071975
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
77 deaths, 209 injuredno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 14.2N 138.2E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 13.7N 137.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 13.1N 137.3E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 12.0N 137.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 12.6N 138.0E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 13.0N 137.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 13.4N 137.2E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 13.8N 136.8E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 14.1N 136.5E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 14.8N 136.4E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 15.6N 136.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 16.9N 136.8E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 18.6N 137.0E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 20.4N 137.0E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 22.2N 137.0E | 110 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 24.1N 137.1E | 120 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 25.9N 137.1E | 115 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 27.4N 136.7E | 110 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 28.4N 135.8E | 105 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 29.0N 135.1E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 29.7N 134.5E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 30.2N 134.1E | 95 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 30.9N 133.7E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 31.7N 133.1E | 85 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 32.7N 132.6E | 80 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 33.9N 131.9E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 34.8N 130.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 35.5N 130.4E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 36.2N 130.4E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 36.8N 130.4E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 37.5N 130.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 39.5N 131.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 40.5N 131.9E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 41.3N 134.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 41.5N 135.7E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 42.0N 139.0E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 42.0N 141.5E | 1004 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 OraWestern Pacific · 1975
- Typhoon RitaWestern Pacific · 1975
- 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.