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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Harriet (1959)
22 December 1959 · Western Pacific · Category 4
Typhoon Harriet formed in the Western Pacific basin on 22 December 1959 and lasted 13 days. Its sustained winds reached 241 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 930 hPa. It made landfall in the Philippines.
- Formed
- 22 December 1959
- Dissipated
- 3 January 1960
- Duration
- 13 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 241 km/h (130 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 930 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Philippines222 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Joan315 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Sarah306 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Vera306 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Gilda278 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Dinah278 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Charlotte269 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