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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Joan (1959)
23 August 1959 · Western Pacific · Category 5
Typhoon Joan formed in the Western Pacific basin on 23 August 1959 and lasted 10 days. Its sustained winds reached 315 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 885 hPa. It made landfall in Taiwan, People's Republic of China, South Korea and Japan. It is the 9th most powerful tropical cyclone recorded since 1950.
- Formed
- 23 August 1959
- Dissipated
- 2 September 1959
- Duration
- 10 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 315 km/h (170 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 885 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 5Taiwan274 km/h
- Cat. 2People's Republic of China176 km/h
- TSSouth Korea0 km/h
- TSJapan0 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- 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 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