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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Marge (1951)
10 August 1951 · Western Pacific · Category 3
Typhoon Marge formed in the Western Pacific basin on 10 August 1951 and lasted 14 days. Its sustained winds reached 185 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 886 hPa. It made landfall in South Korea, North Korea and People's Republic of China.
- Formed
- 10 August 1951
- Dissipated
- 24 August 1951
- Duration
- 14 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 185 km/h (100 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 886 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSSouth Korea83 km/h
- TSNorth Korea74 km/h
- TSPeople's Republic of China0 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Iris278 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Thelma232 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Amy222 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Georgia222 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Louise222 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Ruth222 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Kate185 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Nora185 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth