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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Charlotte (1956)
25 August 1956 · Western Pacific · Category 3
Typhoon Charlotte formed in the Western Pacific basin on 25 August 1956 and lasted 8 days. Its sustained winds reached 204 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 975 hPa. It made landfall in Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines.
- Formed
- 25 August 1956
- Dissipated
- 2 September 1956
- Duration
- 8 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 204 km/h (110 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 975 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Vietnam167 km/h
- Cat. 1Laos148 km/h
- TSPhilippines111 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 Harriet204 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Babs185 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth