1952 Pacific typhoon season

The 1952 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds, 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 1952 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.

Season summary

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Systems

Typhoon Charlotte

Template:Infobox hurricane small Typhoon Charlotte formed on June 10, near the Philippines. It then strengthened and made landfall as a minimal typhoon near Hong Kong before dissipating on June 15.

Typhoon Dinah

Template:Infobox hurricane small On June 23, Dinah struck to the west of the Kanto Region in Japan. 65 people were killed and 70 were missing.

Typhoon Emma

Template:Infobox hurricane small Typhoon Emma hit the Philippines and South China, especially Hainan Island.

Tropical Storm Freda

Template:Infobox hurricane small Freda weakened to a tropical depression before hitting Kyushu.

Tropical Storm Gilda

Template:Infobox hurricane smallTropical Storm Gilda hit China as a tropical storm.

Typhoon Harriet

Template:Infobox hurricane smallHarriet hit China as a Category 3 typhoon, with winds of Template:Cvt.

Typhoon Karen

Template:Infobox hurricane smallTyphoon Karen struck land, mostly Korea and Japan.

Typhoon Olive

Template:Infobox hurricane small Tropical Storm Olive developed about southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii on September 13. The next day, the system intensified into a tropical storm. Rapidly intensifying, Olive became a typhoon on September 15. The next day, Olive strengthened into a Category 5-equivalent cyclone on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Olive weakened into a Category 2 typhoon before recurving northeast. On September 19, the cyclone weakened further, becoming a severe tropical storm. it then transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and was last monitored on September 21.

Olive produced significant damage on Wake Island, where wind gusts reached . Significant flooding was reported, and the majority of the structures were destroyed. However, few injuries were reported, and the island's facilities were restored the next year. Typhoon Olive remains one of the most intense tropical cyclones to affect the island.

Tropical Storm Shirley

Template:Infobox hurricane smallShirley tracked through Vietnam. Shirley weakened to a tropical depression before hitting Vietnam.

Typhoon Trix

Template:Infobox hurricane small Typhoon Trix was a deadly typhoon that struck the Philippines as a Category 3 typhoon. It struck the Bicol region, killing 995 people.

Typhoon Vae

Template:Infobox hurricane small After striking Vietnam, Vae crossed over to the North Indian Ocean before dissipating.

Typhoon Wilma

Template:Infobox hurricane smallTyphoon Wilma (not to be confused with Hurricane Wilma of 2005) was a powerful typhoon, reaching Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS)

Typhoon Agnes

Template:Infobox hurricane smallTyphoon Agnes was a strong Category 5 that stayed out to sea without causing much impact to land.

Typhoon Hester

Template:Infobox hurricane small Typhoon Hester remained in the open sea. Despite this, Enewetak Atoll experienced severe flooding..

See also

• 1952 Pacific hurricane season
• 1952 Atlantic hurricane season
• 1952 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
• Australian region cyclone seasons: 1951–52 1952–53
• South Pacific cyclone seasons: 1951–52 1952–53
• South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1951–52 1952–53