What the record says
Lucy was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 8 days, from 23 November 1962 to 1 December 1962. Its peak was Category 3 (100 kt) on 29 November 1962, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 100 kt (115 mph, 185 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 975 hPa.
- Category 3peak intensity
- 100 ktpeak wind (115 mph)
- 975 hPalowest pressure
- 8 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
- 30 November 1962: Vietnam (50 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.
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.
Other notable storms of the 1962 Western North Pacific season
- Opal (1962)Category 5
- Ruth (1962)Category 5
- Amy (1962)Category 5
- Emma (1962)Category 5
- Karen (1962)Category 5
- Georgia (1962)Category 4