Typhoon Betty path, 1953

What the record says

Betty was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 9 days, from 25 October 1953 to 3 November 1953. Its peak was Category 4 (130 kt) on 30 October 1953, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 130 kt (150 mph, 241 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 966 hPa.

• Category 4peak intensity
• 130 ktpeak wind (150 mph)
• 966 hPalowest pressure
• 9 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific).

It has its own page because it reached category 4 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 28 October 1953: Philippines (40 kt)
• 1 November 1953: People's Republic of China (110 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• People's Republic of China
• Philippines

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.