Western Pacific in the 1940s

< 1930s 1950s >

• 310 Catalogued cyclones
• 143 Known Tracks / 1 Unknown (1940-44)
• 262 Estimated Intensities / 47 Partial / 1 Unknown
• 25,230 Known Fatalities
• 2,455 Injured Persons
• 2,277,913 Buildings Damaged
• 1,125,892 Buildings Destroyed
• Strongest: Typhoon Allyn (1949) – 185mph
• Most Intense: Typhoon Allyn (1949) – 884mb
• Deadliest: Typhoon Twenty-Eight (1942) – 11,000
• Most destructive: Typhoon Kathleen (1947) – 2,000,000 buildings affected
• Costliest: Tropical Storm Thirty-Two (1949) – $50 million
• Wettest: Typhoon Kathleen (1947) – 611mm
• Highest Surge: Typhoon Gladys (1947) – 10ft

Access each individual season from the list below:

• 1940 (31 tracks)
• 1941 (29 tracks)
• 1942 (29 tracks)
• 1943 (31 tracks)
• 1944 (22 tracks)

The Force Thirteen reanalysis project ended at 1944, and so tracks beyond this year are yet to exist on the Cyclone History site.

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• 1948
• 1949