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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Babs (1956)
10 August 1956 · Western Pacific · Category 3
Typhoon Babs formed in the Western Pacific basin on 10 August 1956 and lasted 10 days. Its sustained winds reached 185 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 960 hPa. It made landfall in Japan.
- Formed
- 10 August 1956
- Dissipated
- 19 August 1956
- Duration
- 10 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 185 km/h (100 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 960 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSJapan56 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Wanda296 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Thelma278 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Gilda259 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Emma250 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Jean241 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Sarah232 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Charlotte204 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Harriet204 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth