Typhoon Barbara path, 1946

What the record says

Barbara was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 11 days, from 27 March 1946 to 7 April 1946. Its peak was Category 3 (100 kt) on 28 March 1946, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 100 kt (115 mph, 185 km/h).

• Category 3peak intensity
• 100 ktpeak wind (115 mph)
• 11 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific).

It has its own page because it reached category 3 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 4 April 1946: Philippines (70 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Philippines
• Taiwan
• Japan

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.