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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Opal (1962)
30 July 1962 · Western Pacific · Category 5
Typhoon Opal formed in the Western Pacific basin on 30 July 1962 and lasted 16 days. Its sustained winds reached 269 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 900 hPa. It made landfall in Taiwan, People's Republic of China, North Korea and Japan.
- Formed
- 30 July 1962
- Dissipated
- 14 August 1962
- Duration
- 16 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 269 km/h (145 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 900 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Taiwan241 km/h
- TSPeople's Republic of China111 km/h
- TSNorth Korea0 km/h
- TSJapan0 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Ruth296 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Karen296 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Amy259 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Emma259 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Georgia241 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Thelma213 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Gilda213 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Dinah185 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth