1947 Pacific typhoon season

1947 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedMarch 18, 1947
Last system dissipatedDecember 29, 1947
Strongest storm
NameRosalind
 • Maximum winds240 km/h (150 mph)
(1-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure918 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total storms27
Typhoons19
Super typhoons1 (unofficial)
Total fatalities1,077
Total damageUnknown
Related articles
Pacific typhoon seasons
1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949

The 1947 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1947, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1947 Pacific hurricane season. At the time, tropical storms that formed within this region of the western Pacific were identified and named by the United States Armed Services, and these names are taken from the list that USAS publicly adopted before the 1945 season started.[1][2]

  1. ^ Landsea, Christopher W; Dorst, Neal M (June 1, 2014). "Subject: Tropical Cyclone Names: B1) How are tropical cyclones named?". Tropical Cyclone Frequently Asked Question. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Research Division. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Cry, George (July 1958). Bristow, Gerald C (ed.). "Naming hurricanes and typhoons". Mariners Weather Log. 2 (4): 109. hdl:2027/uc1.b3876059. ISSN 0025-3367. OCLC 648466886.