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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Gilda (1959)
11 December 1959 · Western Pacific · Category 5
Typhoon Gilda formed in the Western Pacific basin on 11 December 1959 and lasted 11 days. Its sustained winds reached 278 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 925 hPa. It made landfall in the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. It killed at least 23 people.
- Formed
- 11 December 1959
- Dissipated
- 22 December 1959
- Duration
- 11 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 278 km/h (150 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 925 hPa
- Deaths
- 23
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Philippines250 km/h
- TSVietnam111 km/h
- TSCambodia65 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Joan315 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Sarah306 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Vera306 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Dinah278 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Charlotte269 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Harriet241 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Tilda232 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Louise222 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth