1949 Pacific typhoon season

1949 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedJanuary 13, 1949
Last system dissipatedDecember 14, 1949
Strongest storm
NameAllyn
 • Maximum winds230 km/h (145 mph)
(1-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure884 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions34
Total storms22, 6 unofficial
Typhoons14
Super typhoons0 (unofficial)
Total fatalitiesAt least 1,790
Total damage> $127 million (1949 USD)
Related articles
Pacific typhoon seasons
1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951

The 1949 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1949, 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 1949 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.