Typhoon Olive path, 1963

What the record says

Olive was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 14 days, from 25 April 1963 to 9 May 1963. Its peak was Category 4 (125 kt) on 29 April 1963, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 125 kt (144 mph, 232 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 920 hPa.

• Category 4peak intensity
• 125 ktpeak wind (144 mph)
• 920 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 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

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

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Guam
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Japan

US counties it came within 50 km of

• Guam, Guam
• Rota Municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Saipan Municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Tinian Municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Northern Islands Municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

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.