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1946 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	March 27, 1946
Last system dissipated	November 20, 1946
Strongest storm
Name	Lilly
• Maximum winds	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	927 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total storms	19
Typhoons	18
Super typhoons	0 (unofficial)
Total fatalities	Unknown
Total damage	Unknown
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1946 Atlantic hurricane season 1942–48 Pacific hurricane seasons 1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
Pacific typhoon seasons 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948

The 1946 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1946, 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 1946 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.

Storms

Typhoon Barbara

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	March 27 – April 7
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Barbara formed on March 27, and moved west. It strengthened briefly to a category 3 with 115 mph winds. But shortly after, it began to weaken. Typhoon Barbara curved northward and then westward, in turn hitting the Philippines as a category 1. After making landfall, it curved back to the east and continued to weaken until April 7, when it dissipated.

Typhoon Charlotte

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	May 11 – May 17
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 973 hPa (mbar)

Charlotte formed in the open Pacific on May 11. It then dissipated on May 17.

Typhoon Dolly

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	June 17 – June 23
Peak intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min); 942 hPa (mbar)

On June 17, Typhoon Dolly formed. It moved northwestward, only to strengthen. After passing by the Philippines, it reached its maximum intensity of 125 mph, a strong major hurricane. It rounded around Taiwan and made landfall on China's shoreline. It dissipated hours after on June 23.

Tropical Storm Elinor

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 23 – June 25
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min); 986 hPa (mbar)

Elinor formed near Northern Luzon on June 23. However, due to the interaction with nearby Dolly, it didn't strengthened further and it dissipated on June 25.

Typhoon Ginny

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	June 30 – July 2
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 971 hPa (mbar)

Ginny formed on June 30 in the open western Pacific. It then moved to the north, weakening and dissipated on July 2. No landmasses were affected.

Early-July Typhoon

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 8 – July 12
Peak intensity	120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min); 980 hPa (mbar)

A tropical storm was first noted in weather maps on July 8, near Palau. Moving to the northwest, it strengthened to a minimal typhoon before it hit Formosa as a weakening storm. It then crossed the Formosa Strait, before making another landfall near Xiamen on July 12. It was last noted on the same day.

The damages and deaths, if any, were unknown.

Typhoon Ingrid

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 12 – July 20
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min); 944 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Ingrid formed July 12, immediately moving west. After strengthening, it briefly became a category four on July 15. It weakened to a category two and struck the northern part of the Philippines. Ingrid retained its strength until it hit Hong Kong and Macau. Right after it made landfall immediately to the west of Macau, it moved north and dissipated on July 20.

Typhoon Janie

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 23 – July 31
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 946 hPa (mbar)

Janie formed on July 23. It moved northwest and then curved west. It was then that she became a major hurricane with 115 mph winds. After heading westward for a while, Janie began curving the opposite direction. But that was short-lived; it began moving northwest and struck southern Japan. Janie traveled over the island and dissipated near Russia's coast on July 31.

Typhoon Lilly

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	August 10 – August 21
Peak intensity	230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min); 927 hPa (mbar)

On August 10, a disturbance managed to organize itself enough to be designated Tropical Storm Lilly. It moved in a generally northwest direction while intensifying at a moderate pace-becoming Typhoon Lilly shortly after its formation. Before Lilly moved over cold waters, it attained a peak intensity of 145 mph. It narrowly missed Japan's shoreline as a category two before striking Korea as a moderate tropical storm. Lilly dissipated on August 21, after eleven days of traveling in the western Pacific Ocean.

Typhoon Maggie

Typhoon (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 22 – August 27
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min); 980 hPa (mbar)

Early September Typhoon

Typhoon (JMA)
Duration	September 4 – September 8
Peak intensity	Winds not specified; 994 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Opal

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 7 – September 14
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 962 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Opal is a Tropical Cyclone that formed in the Western Pacific in 1946. It reached category 3 status and struck The Philippines and China.

Typhoon Priscilla

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 8 – September 19
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 935 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Priscilla was a Category 3 typhoon that stayed out at sea.

Typhoon Querida

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 18 – September 27
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min); 937 hPa (mbar)

On September 25, the typhoon passed over southern Taiwan with a minimum pressure of 937 millibars (27.7 inHg), producing wind gusts of 198 km/h (123 mph). Across the island, Querida destroyed 373,748 houses, killed 154 people, and injured another 618. The storm also wrecked 564,263 ha (1,394,320 acres) of crops and forestry, killing 28,448 animals.

Early October Philippine Typhoon

Typhoon (JMA)
Duration	October 9 – October 14
Peak intensity	Winds not specified; 1000 hPa (mbar)

Mid October Typhoon

Typhoon (JMA)
Duration	October 10 – October 14
Peak intensity	Winds not specified; 990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Alma

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	October 18 – October 26
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min); 929 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Betty

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	November 5 – November 11
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min); 938 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Dianne

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	November 13 – November 20
Peak intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min); 968 hPa (mbar)

Storm names

See also

• Weather of 1946
• 1946 Atlantic hurricane season
• List of Pacific typhoon seasons
• 1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
• 1940s Australian region cyclone seasons
• 1940s South Pacific cyclone seasons

References

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.
3. Jean Kan Hsieh; Chiao-min Hsieh (September 1955). Typhoons on the Southeastern Coast of China and Formosa (PDF) (Report). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p. 48. Retrieved August 16, 2016.

External links

• Unisys tracks

• 1940s Pacific typhoon seasons
• 1946 natural disasters
• 1946 meteorology
• 1946 in Asia
• 1946 in Oceania