Typhoon Therese path, 1972

What the record says

Therese was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 12 days, from 30 November 1972 to 12 December 1972. Its peak was Category 3 (105 kt) on 7 December 1972, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 105 kt (121 mph, 194 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 945 hPa.

• Category 3peak intensity
• 105 ktpeak wind (121 mph)
• 945 hPalowest pressure
• 12 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

• 3 December 1972: Philippines (75 kt)
• 4 December 1972: Philippines (45 kt)
• 10 December 1972: Vietnam (95 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.

• Vietnam
• Philippines
• Palau
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Thailand

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.