&sq=&lang=&file=File:Eye_of_Typhoon_Marge,_1951.png) Eye of Typhoon Marge, taken on August 19 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 10, 1951 |
| Dissipated | August 24, 1951 |
| Typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Lowest pressure | 886 hPa (mbar); 26.16 inHg |
| Category 3-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 185 km/h (115 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Areas affected | Korea, Japan, China |
Part of the 1951 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Marge was an unusually intense and large typhoon that formed in August 1951 during the 1951 Pacific typhoon season. Although it was a category three typhoon, Marge took the record of being the largest cyclone for 28 years, until it got preceded by Typhoon Tip in 1979, having doubled the size. The seventh storm of the 1951 Pacific typhoon season, Marge originated from a disturbance, just southeast of Guam on August 10. Just as it was about to intensify, it slowly was tracking a western path, before its rapid intesification, which it started to track northwest. It reached its peak intensity of 185 km/h, as a category 3 typhoon.