Typhoon Nina path, 1975

What the record says

Nina was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 9 days, from 30 July 1975 to 8 August 1975. Its peak was Category 4 (135 kt) on 2 August 1975, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 135 kt (155 mph, 250 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 900 hPa.

• Category 4peak intensity
• 135 ktpeak wind (155 mph)
• 900 hPalowest pressure
• 9 dayslifetime

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

It has its own page because it reached category 4 or stronger and it is a well-known storm.

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

• 3 August 1975: Taiwan (65 kt)
• 3 August 1975: People's Republic of China (50 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.

• Taiwan
• People's Republic of China

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.