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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Kit (1953)
25 June 1953 · Western Pacific · Category 5
Typhoon Kit formed in the Western Pacific basin on 25 June 1953 and lasted 13 days. Its sustained winds reached 278 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 910 hPa. It made landfall in Taiwan, People's Republic of China and North Korea.
- Formed
- 25 June 1953
- Dissipated
- 8 July 1953
- Duration
- 13 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 278 km/h (150 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 910 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Taiwan167 km/h
- TSPeople's Republic of China102 km/h
- TSNorth Korea89 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Nina296 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Tess278 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Doris278 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Betty241 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Rita232 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Judy222 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Cora222 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Susan204 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth