Typhoon Emma path, 1959

What the record says

Emma was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 14 days, from 1 November 1959 to 15 November 1959. Its peak was Category 3 (110 kt) on 11 November 1959, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 110 kt (127 mph, 204 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 960 hPa.

• Category 3peak intensity
• 110 ktpeak wind (127 mph)
• 960 hPalowest pressure
• 14 dayslifetime

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

It has its own page because it reached category 3 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

The record shows no landfall: the storm stayed at sea.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Guam

US counties it came within 50 km of

• Guam, Guam

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.