1962 Pacific typhoon season
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{{Infobox typhoon season nopic|name=1962 Pacific typhoon season
| nopic= Typhoon Tracks 1962 P.T. Season.JPG
| basin=Pacific typhoon
| first storm formed=[[February 1]], [[1962]] (Fran)
| last storm dissipated=[[December 11]], [[1962]] (Nadine)
| strongest storm=[[Typhoon Karen (1962)|Karen]]- {{convert|185|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, 897 mbar
| total storms=30 official, 1 unofficial<ref name="1962ATCR3">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/chapter3.pdf Joint Typhoon Warning Center's 1962 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (Chapter 3)]</ref><ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
| typhoons=24
| super typhoons=6
| total damages=$1.94 billion (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=1683
| five seasons=[[1960 Pacific typhoon season|1960]] [[1961 Pacific typhoon season|1961]] '''1962''' [[1963 Pacific typhoon season|1963]] [[1964 Pacific typhoon season|1964]]|}
}}
The '''1962 Pacific typhoon season''' had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1962, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern [[Pacific Ocean]] between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the [[international date line]] with two exceptions this season as Tropical Depressions 50 and 63 formed in the Central Pacific. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see [[1950-1969 Pacific hurricane seasons|1962 Pacific hurricane season]]. All tropical depressions were assigned a number. Most systems reaching tropical storm strength were assigned a name; all typhoons were named.
==Season activity==
[[Image:Typhoon Tracks 1962 P.T. Season.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Typhoon Tracks of the 1962 season]]
[[Image:Ruth-Sarah-Thelma-Vera on August 23rd,1962.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Ruth, Sarah, Thelma and Vera on August 23]]
Ninety tropical waves formed in the 1962 season. Only 78 of these became major easterly waves. 42 of these waves became tropical depressions, 30 became storms and 24 become typhoons. This record of 24 typhoons beat 1952 record which had 21. This record was beaten in the [[1964 Pacific typhoon season|1964 season]] with 26 typhoons. Six super typhoons formed in 1962 which were Georgia, Emma, Ruth, Opal, Amy and Karen. Even with the high activity, only about half the cyclones in 1962 made landfall. There were also seventeen suspect cyclones discovered by the JTWC in post-season reports. Three were reported to reach typhoon intensity, three at tropical storm status and two needed tropical depression warnings. <ref name="1962ATCR3">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/chapter3.pdf Joint Typhoon Warning Center's 1962 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (Chapter 3)]</ref>
[[Image:Tropical Storm and Tropical Depression Tracks of the 1962 P.T. Season.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Tropical Storm and Tropical Depression Tracks of the 1962]]
Two depressions, 50 and 63, formed in the Central Pacific under the Joint Hurricane Warning Center's (now The [[Central Pacific Hurricane Center]]) jurisdiction and were included in the JTWC archives. Both depressions stayed out to sea and had no effects on land. The Central Pacific also got Nora, Opal, Ruth, Gilda, Emma and Thelma, the remnants of Nadine and the ending of Karen near the end of the season.<ref name="1962ATCR3">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/chapter3.pdf Joint Typhoon Warning Center's 1962 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (Chapter 3)]</ref> <ref name="CPHC1962">[http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1962.php Central Pacific Hurricane Center Archive of 1962]</ref><ref name="62TSTD"/>
Strangely, six typhoons entered the Bering Sea, which were Nora, Opal, Ruth, Thelma, Amy and Emma. Four of the six were super typhoons. Three typhoons also missed entering the Bering Sea, which were Typhoons Hope, Sarah and Gilda. Also, Typhoons Georgia, Hope, Joan, Nora, Opal, Ruth, Thelma, Wanda, Amy, Emma, Gilda, Jean and Karen all lasted for at least one week with Opal lasting for eighteen straight days from a wave to the day the JMA ceased advisories. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
==Storms==
===Tropical Storm Fran===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Storm Fran (6201)
| category=storm
| type=tropical storm
| formed=[[February 2]]
| dissipated= [[February 6]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=55 mph (95 km/h)<ref name="Unisys1962WPac">[http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1962/index.html Unisys Inc.- 1962 Tracks]</ref>
| lowest pressure=1002 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]<ref name="DigTyphoon">[http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1962.html.en Digital Typhoon Archives-1962]</ref>
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
Tropical Depression 2W formed on the morning of [[February 2]] off the coast of the [[Philippines]]. The system strengthened quickly from a 30 mph (50 km/h) depression into a 40 mph (60 km/h) tropical storm in six hours. Fran curved to the north and strengthened into a 55 mph (95 km/h) storm on the evening of [[February 3]].<ref name="FranBT">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/best_tracks/1962/1962s-bwp/bwp011962.txt Best Track Data for Fran]</ref> This proved to be its peak intensity, as it began to weaken on [[February 5]]. On the morning of [[February 6]], Fran weakened into a tropical depression and the final advisory was released six hours after.
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===Super Typhoon Georgia===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Super Typhoon Georgia (6202)
| category=cat4
| type=STY
| track= Super Typhoon Georgia - 1962 track.PNG
| formed=[[April 16]]
| dissipated= [[April 24]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=150 mph (240 km/h)
| lowest pressure=936 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$187,000 (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A large surge from the Southern Hemisphere from the outdraft entered into the easterlies. The surged formed on [[April 13]] near [[Woleai Atol]] at 5°N in latitude and made landfall in [[Ulithi]] before strengthening into Tropical Depression 13W on [[April 16]]. 13W made a cyclonic loop to the north and soon became a storm, given the name Georgia on [[April 16|the same day]]. Georgia reached typhoon status by the next day and reached category 4 super typhoon status by [[April 20]], peaking at a {{convert|150|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} super typhoon and having a minimum pressure of 936 millibars. Weakening was slow as Georgia was able to stay a typhoon until on [[April 23]]. Georgia encountered cool air and was declared extratropical on the evening of [[April 24]] as a {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} tropical storm.
The [[Japan Meteorological Agency]] continued to track Georgia while an extratropical storm for five more days. Georgia reached a peak extratropical intensity of 978 mbar on [[April 26]]. Soon afterwards, Georgia continued to weaken and the JMA stopped issuing advisories on [[April 29]] at extremely high lattitudes.<ref name="1962JMA">{{cite web|url=http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html|title=1962 Best Track Graphics|publisher=[[Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-06-21}}</ref>
Georgia left {{convert|9.85|in|m}} in rainfall over Yap Island, where no damage was recorded.<ref name="tcmaxima">{{cite web|url=http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/tcmaxima.html|author=David M. Roth|publisher=[[Hydrometeorological Prediction Center]]|title=Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Maxima|accessdate=2008-06-25|date=2008}}</ref> Damage caused by Georgia was limited to $28,000 (1962 USD) which was to a ship and its cargo ($187,000 in 2006 USD). In total, Georgia moved up 45° in north latitude, the longest of any cyclone in 1962.<ref name="13tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/13.pdf Georgia (13W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref><ref name="1962JMA"/>
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===Typhoon Hope===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Hope (6203)
| category=cat2
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[May 16]]
| dissipated= [[May 22]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=95 mph (155 km/h)
| lowest pressure=978 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A fracture after superposition of polar trough and an easterly wave with a slight surge from the easterlies occurred on [[May 11]] while over [[Koror]]. Strengthening was slow as the wave became Tropical Storm Hope on [[May 16]] near the Philippines. The storm quickly made landfall in the Philippines the next day as a {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} tropical storm. Hope weakened into a depression while over land, regaining storm strength east of Manila and weakening again to a depression. When Hope entered open waters, strengthening occurred, becoming the second typhoon of the season on [[May 19]] and peaking at {{convert|95|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds on the night of the 20th. Hope weakened, losing much convection and became extratropical due to cool air on the 22nd of August near [[Chichi Jima]] as a tropical depression. <ref name="17tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/17.pdf Hope (17W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued to track the extratropical remnants of Hope for six more days. The remnants passed by Japan on [[May 24]], reaching an extratropical peak of 996 mbar. Hope moved to the northeast and passed by the [[Kurin Islands, Russia|Kurin Islands]] of [[Russia]] on [[May 26]]. The Japan Meteorological Agency discontinued all advisories near the [[Aleutian Islands]] as a 1018 mbar extratropical depression. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Damage and fatalities in the Philippines are unavailable. <ref name="17tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/17.pdf Hope (17W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Iris===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Iris (6204)
| category=cat1
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[May 26]]
| dissipated= [[May 30]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=75 mph (120 km/h)
| lowest pressure=991 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=Unavailable
| total fatalities=5
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A easterly wave and polar trough which was fractured by superpostion formed on [[May 26]] northeast of [[Koror]] and strengthened into Tropical Depression 22W several hours later near the Philippines. 22W strengthened into a tropical storm several hours after forming, being given the name Iris. Iris moved north, peaking at {{convert|75|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} which is a minimal typhoon. Weakening occurred rapidly as most of Iris' life was as a tropical depression. Iris dissipated on [[May 30]] due to lack of upper-level divergence and was irrecognizeable.<ref name="22tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/22.pdf Iris (22W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>Iris never making landfall. The JMA continued tracking the leftovers of Iris until the next day. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Iris killed five people but no estimate of damage was reported to crops. <ref name="22tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/22.pdf Iris (22W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Joan===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Joan (6205)
| category=cat1
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[July 6]]
| dissipated= [[July 11]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=90 mph (145 km/h)
| lowest pressure=985 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$3,349,000 (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=5
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A easterly wave and polar trough which was fractured by superpostion formed on [[July 6]] northeast of the Philippines and strengthened into Tropical Depression 37W on [[July 7]] near the Philippines. Rapid strengthening occurred and 37W reached typhoon status by the next day with the name Joan.<ref name="37tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/37.pdf Joan (37W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>Joan weakened moderately after peaking at {{convert|90|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds on the 9th as an unorganized storm. Joan made landfall in [[South Korea]] on the 10th as a {{convert|50|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} tropical storm. Joan was declared extratropical by the JTWC on [[July 11]].
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued tracking the extratropical remnants of Joan. The now-extratropical Joan moved north off of the Koreas and peaked as a 996 mbar extratropical storm on [[July 12]]. Joan continued to weaken and made landfall in Russia on [[July 14]]. Joan's remnants dissipated over Siberia the next day. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Damage from Joan was $500,000 (1962 USD), especially from crops and communications. ($3,349,000 in 2006 USD). Nora was the only system in 1962 to make landfall in mainland Russia, except for Super Typhoon Amy which made landfall on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Opal which made landfall in the Kuril Islands.<ref name="37tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/37.pdf Joan (37W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Kate===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Kate (6206)
| category=cat2
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[July 18]]
| dissipated= [[July 24]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=95 mph (155 km/h)
| lowest pressure=964 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$163 million (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=110
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The forty-fourth tropical wave of the season formed on [[July 18]] a short distance of northern [[Luzon]]. The wave quickly strengthened into Tropical Depression 44W on the same day. Twelve hours later, T.D. 44W strengthened into a tropical storm, being given the name Kate. Kate gained strength at a rate of 6:5 from 40-55 mph winds in 24 hours. Kate made a cyclonic loop to the northeast and achieved typhoon strength during the loop.
Kate strengthened into a {{convert|95|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} category 2 typhoon with a pressure of 964 mbar on [[September 22]]. Kate soon made landfall in [[Taiwan]] on the 22nd as a {{convert|85|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} typhoon. Kate moved north and made a second landfall in eastern China on the 24th, dissipating over land.
Kate was responsible for $163 million in damage (2006 USD) and 110 deaths. <ref name="44tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/44.pdf Kate (44W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>Kate was one of very few typhoons to ever to have cases of discontinuous tracks. Others were Typhoon Iris in 1955 and Typhoon B108 in 1925. <ref name="MWR5-01">[http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0469(2001)058%3C1310%3ATEOBVM%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Topographic Effects on Barotropic Vortex Motion: No Mean Flow]</ref>
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===Typhoon Louise===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Louise (6207)
| category=cat1
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[July 19]]
| dissipated= [[July 25]]
| highest winds=90 mph (145 km/h)
| lowest pressure=958 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$47 million (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=15
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical wave formed on [[July 19]] southeast of [[Wake Island]] and moved to the north. The wave quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Louise on [[July 20]]. Rapid strengthening occurred, as Louise was able to reach typhoon status on [[July 21]] at the third advisory. Louise made a curve to west and strengthened into a maximum Category 1 typhoon on [[July 24]]. Louise passed by the island of [[Iwo Jima]] and moved to the northeast, whacking Japan as a maximum tropical storm.
Louise moved over land and quickly weakened into a depression, where the JTWC declared that Louise had dissipated, however the JMA continued to release advisories on Louise. Louise moved to the northeast and advisories were discontinued near Japan's northernmost islands on [[July 29]]. Louise killed fifteen people and doing $7.5 million (1962 USD- $47 million in 2006 USD) in damage to crops, homes and bridges in Japan. <ref name="45tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/45.pdf Louise(45W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Nora===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Nora (6209)
| category=cat1
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[July 26]]
| dissipated= [[August 4]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=85 mph (135 km/h)
| lowest pressure=968 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$6.6 million (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=4
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
Tropical Depression 46W formed on [[July 26]] west of [[Guam]] from an easterly tropical wave and a surge from the westerlies at the 200 mbar level. Strengthening occurred slowly as 46W was not given the name Nora until [[July 29]]. Nora moved northward, the storm reached typhoon status and soon peaked at {{convert|85|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds with a minimum pressure of 965 mbar on [[August 1]]. Nora made landfall in [[Hong Kong]] on [[August 2]] as a moderate tropical storm, then moved west, making landfall in northern Japan on the 4th and being declared extratropical soon after.
On [[August 5]], the extratropical remnants of Nora entered the Bering Sea, in the Eastern Hemisphere, where Nora got farther north than any other cyclone of the season, reaching about 62°N latitude and 182.5°W longitude near the Bering Strait, when advisories by the JMA were discontinued as Nora became an extratropical system. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Damage totaled out to a million dollars with four people killed in Hong Kong. (1962 USD ($6.6 million in 2006 USD)). Hong Kong would be devastated a month later by the stronger Typhoon Wanda. <ref name="46tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/46.pdf Nora (46W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Tropical Storm Marge===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Storm Marge (6208)
| category=storm
| type=tropical storm
| formed=[[July 28]]
| dissipated= [[July 29]], [[1962]]
| highest winds= 45 mph (70 km/h) <ref name="Unisys1962WPac">[http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1962/index.html Unisys Inc.- 1962 Tracks]</ref>
| lowest pressure= 1002 mbar (hPa)<ref name="DigTyphoon">[http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1962.html.en Digital Typhoon Archives-1962]</ref>
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical wave formed in the open Pacific Ocean waters on [[July 25]] and strengthened into Tropical Depression 47W on [[July 28]] in an area of ocean north of [[Truk]]. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm and was given the name Marge. Marge peaked at a {{convert|45|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, 1002 mbar weak tropical storm on [[July 28]]. Marge dissipated on the morning of [[July 29]] near [[Guam]] and [[Saipan]].
No damage or fatalities were reported, as Marge never made landfall. <ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Super Typhoon Opal===
{{infobox hurricane small
| name=Super Typhoon Opal (6210)
| category=cat5
| type=super typhoon
| image=Typhoon Opal TIROS V 24 aug 1962 0810Z.jpg
| formed=[[July 30]]
| dissipated= [[August 8]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=165 mph (270 km/h)
| lowest pressure=910 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]] ([[Pascal (unit)|hPa]])
| total damages=$166 million (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=75
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
An easterly wave formed on [[July 28]] near [[Pohnpei|Ponape]] and on [[July 30]], a tropical depression developed over the open Western Pacific waters, likely from the monsoon trough. After tracking westward without strengthening, it turned to the northwest, where it quickly intensified into a tropical storm on [[August 1]] and into a typhoon on the 2nd. On the 5th, Opal peaked at {{convert|165|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, and hit northeastern Taiwan at that intensity on the night of the 5th. It weakened over the island, and hit eastern China the following morning. Opal turned and accelerated to the north, and was declared extratropical over northeastern China on the 7th.
The remnants of Opal continued to move to the northeast and made landfall in [[North Korea]] as a 982 mbar extratropical storm. Opal continued moving and made another landfall in northern [[Japan]] the next day, without much change in strength. Opal made its fifth landfall in Russia's [[Kuril Islands]] on the 11th of August and crossed the Aleutians into the Bering Sea, where the JMA ceased advisories on Opal on the 14th in the Central Pacific basin. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
The storm caused 87 deaths, with 20 missing and 1400 injuries.<ref name="UKTCL">[http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/weather.htm United Kingdom's Cyclone List]</ref> Damage totaled out to $25 million (1962 USD-$166 million (2006 USD)) in crop, transportation, and structural damage. <ref name="48tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/48.pdf Opal (48W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Patsy===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Patsy (6211)
| category=cat1
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[August 6]]
| dissipated= [[August 11]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=75 mph (120 km/h)
| lowest pressure=980 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$13.36 million (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=23
| areas affected= [[Yap]], The Philippines [[China]], [[Hainan Island]] and [[Vietnam]]
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A surge from the westerlies entered the easterlies on [[August 5]] near [[Yap]], making landfall there before becoming the 51st tropical system of the season the next day. 51W strengthened into Tropical Storm Patsy, crossed the central Philippines on [[August 7]] and 8, and strengthened into a typhoon in the South China Sea. After weakening to a tropical storm while moving northwestward, Patsy hit [[Hainan Island]], turned to the west, crossed the Gulf of Tonkin, and dissipated over [[Vietnam]] on the 11th due to cold air.
Patsy's heavy rain and flooding caused 29 casualties with more than 200 missing.<ref name="The Washington Post 8-10">[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/162994652.html?dids=162994652:162994652&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=AUG+10%2C+1962&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=29+Lost+in+Typhoon&pqatl=google ''The Washington Post'''s [[August 10]] article on Typhoon Patsy]</ref><ref name="UKTCL">[http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/weather.htm United Kingdom's Cyclone List]</ref> Damage totaled out to $2.5 million (1962 USD ($13.36 million in 2006 USD). Damage included ripping off the University of Santo Thomas & shutting down the Manila airport. The backlash from Patsy destroyed over {{convert|6400|acre|km2}} of rice and damaged roads through Thailand.<ref name="TWP 8/13/62">[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/179242302.html?dids=179242302:179242302&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=AUG+13%2C+1962&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Typhoon+Patsy+Lashes+Thais&pqatl=google Typhoon Patsy Lashes Thais]</ref> Patsy made landfall four times, three as a tropical system.<ref name="51tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/58.pdf Patsy (51W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Sarah===
{{infobox hurricane small
| name=Typhoon Sarah (6213)
| category=cat1
| type=typhoon
| image=Typhoon Sarah TIROS V 19 aug 1962 0458Z.jpg
| track=Track- Sarah - 1962 (Pt.1).PNG
| formed=[[August 15]]
| dissipated= [[August 25]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=80 mph (130 km/h)
| lowest pressure=978 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=Unavailable
| total fatalities=Unavailable
| areas affected= Japan and Buoy 929
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical wave formed near [[Iwo Jima]] on [[August 8]] and moved gradually to south. The wave made a turn to the east and soon the northeast, lasting for six straight days. The first advisory released jumped the wave into a {{convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} tropical storm with the name Sarah. Sarah quickly made a cyclonic loop on the 15th which took until the 18th to complete. During this loop, Sarah reached its peak intensity of {{convert|85|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, a category 1 typhoon on the 16th. Sarah weakened quickly, making landfall in southern Japan as a {{convert|40|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} minimal tropical storm. Sarah weakened into a tropical depression, and encountered cool air, being declared a weak extratropical depression on the 22nd. No damage in Japan is available.
Sarah's remnants continued to the northeast where the storm missed entering the Bering Sea of Alaska and Russia, where the JMA ceased advisories as Sarah was a 984 mbar extratropical low on [[August 25]].<ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Sarah spent six days as a tropical wave ([[August 8]] - [[August 14]]), seven days as a tropical cyclone ([[August 15]]- [[August 22]]), and three days as an extratropical cyclone (August 23, 24 & 25), lasting for a total of sixteen days. Sarah was also one of three active systems on [[August 21]] at the same time with Typhoon Thelma and Super Typhoon Ruth.
<ref name="53tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/58.pdf Sarah (53W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref> <ref name="1962ATCR1">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/chapter1.pdf JTWC ATCR Chapter 1]</ref>
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===Super Typhoon Ruth===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Super Typhoon Ruth (6212)
| category=cat5
| type=super typhoon
| image=Typhoon Ruth TIROS V 18 aug 1962.jpg
| formed=[[August 13]]
| dissipated= [[August 23]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=185 mph (295 km/h)
| lowest pressure=916 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| areas affected=[[Saipan]] and Japan
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A surge from the westerlies and a cut-off caused an MPT formed on [[August 11]] just north of Truk. The wave moved to the northeast, strengthening into Tropical Storm Ruth on [[August 13]] near [[Guam]], without starting as a depression. Ruth's movement was slow, but the storm's strength was fast as Ruth became a typhoon on [[August 14]] while grazing the island of [[Saipan]] with winds of {{convert|75|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Ruth moved north and rapidly strengthened, which included a jump from a Category 1 typhoon to a Category 3 tyhpoon on the 15th and soon to a category 4 typhoon. Ruth became a Category 5 super typhoon on the same day, peaking at a {{convert|185|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} super typhoon late on [[August 16]] while passing by [[Iwo Jima]] with a pressure of 916 mbar. Ruth kept that intensity until the next day when the storm weakened to {{convert|160|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} near [[Chichi Jima]]. Ruth continued to weaken, passing by [[Tokyo]] and weakening to a tropical storm on [[August 22]] while losing tropical characteristics. Ruth was declared a moderate extratropical storm on the 46th advisory on [[August 23]]. Damage in Saipan from Ruth is unavailable.
Ruth's remnants continued to the northeast where the extratropical storm made landfall on the 24th on the [[Semisopochnoi Island|Aleutian Island of Semisopochnoi]], passing 180° and thus entering the [[Western Hemisphere]]. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref> Ruth entered the Bering Sea of Alaska and Russia, where the JMA ceased advisories as a 986 mbar extratropical low on [[August 25]]. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref> However, while an extratropical storm, Ruth underwent drastic changes in wind strength from the 23rd to its death on the 25th, Ruth went from a {{convert|45|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} storm straight back to a {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} storm, then to a minimal storm and back to a {{convert|55|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} storm when Ruth died out. <ref name="Unisys 1962 Data- Advisory listing of Super Typhoon Ruth">[http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1962/12/track.dat Unisys 1962 Data- Advisory listing of Super Typhoon Ruth]</ref>
Ruth was one of three active systems on [[August 21]] at the same time with Typhoon Thelma and Typhoon Sarah. <ref name="54tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/54.pdf Ruth (54W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Thelma===
{{infobox hurricane small
| name=Typhoon Thelma (6214)
| category=cat4
| type=typhoon
| image=Typhoon Thelma TIROS V 24 aug 1962 0207Z.jpg
| formed=[[August 21]]
| dissipated= [[August 26]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=140 mph (230 km/h)
| lowest pressure=946 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=Unavailable
| total fatalities=Unavailable
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A {{convert|10|kn|km/h|sing=on}} easterly tropical wave on [[August 21]] after inconclusive data on a surge from the westerlies caused the wave near the coast of [[Saipan]]. <ref name="58tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/58.pdf Thelma (58W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref> Rapid strengthening occurred as 58W was given the name Thelma. Thelma reached {{convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds but fell to {{convert|55|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} in cool air. Thelma gained strength again, reaching typhoon status by the 22nd. Thelma continued to intensify reaching {{convert|140|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds as a peak with a pressure of 946 mbar on the 25th near Japan. Thelma made landfall in Japan the next day as a {{convert|100|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} typhoon and turned to the east, making a second landfall in Japan as a minimal tropical storm, dissipating soon after.
The remnants of Thelma moved to the east and soon to the northeast, reaching a pressure of 988 mbar as an extratropical cyclone. Thelma made landfall on [[Little Sitkin Island]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]].<ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>The extratropical cyclone entered the [[Bering Sea]], becoming the fourth typhoon this season to do such, where the JMA ceased advisories on the 1st of September in the [[Central Pacific]].<ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
No damage or fatality reports are unavailable. Thelma was one of three active systems on [[August 21]] at the same time with Super Typhoon Ruth and Typhoon Sarah. <ref name="58tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/58.pdf Thelma (58W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref> <ref name="1962ATCR1">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/chapter1.pdf JTWC ATCR Chapter 1]</ref>
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===Typhoon Wanda===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Wanda (6216)
| category=cat2
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[August 27]]
| dissipated= [[September 1]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=110 mph (175 km/h)
| lowest pressure=949 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=Millions
| total fatalities=434
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The precursor to Wanda formed on [[August 23]] southwest of [[Pohnpei|Ponape]] from a tropical wave from the Southern Hemisphere outdrafts. <ref name="59tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/59.pdf Wanda (59W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref> On the 24th, the first advisory was released near [[Truk]]. The wave finally strengthened into Tropical Depression 59W on the afternoon of [[August 27]], and in the evening, 59W became Tropical Storm Wanda. Strengthening was slow as Wanda didn't reach typhoon status until early [[August 29]] northeast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Typhoon Wanda reached a Category 2 strength as it moved through the Luzon strait on [[August 30]]. It continued its westward motion, peaking at {{convert|110|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} before cold air was entrained in the circulation. Wanda hit near [[Hong Kong]] on [[September 1]] as a well-developed typhoon and dissipated later that day. The Japan Meteoroloical Agency continued tracking Wanda over China, and soon re-entered water on the 3rd, quickly making landfall again on Hainan Island where the JMA ceased advisories. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Wanda was responsible for 434 fatalities and 515 injuries,<ref name="UKTCL">[http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/weather.htm United Kingdom's Cyclone List]</ref> with millions of damage occurring. Storm surge was significant in Hong Kong and the water level was 17'9" above chart datum in some places. Maximum hourly mean wind and instantaneous minimum pressure at the Royal Observatory were 68 knots (133 km/h) and 953 mbar. Neither record has been surpassed since then. <ref name="59tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/59.pdf Wanda (59W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
*[http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/no10/wanda/wanda.htm Hong Kong Observatory page on Wanda]
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===Typhoon Vera===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Vera (6215)
| category=cat1
| type=typhoon
| image=Typhoon Vera (1962).JPG
| formed=[[August 25]]
| dissipated= [[August 28]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=85 mph (135 km/h)
| lowest pressure=983 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
}}
As Typhoons Ruth and Sarah were weakening, a new tropical system formed on [[August 23]] far to the southeast of [[Okinawa, Japan]] near the active Typhoon Thelma. The system quickly moved to the northeast, strengthening into Tropical Storm Vera on the morning of [[August 25]]. Rapid strengthening occurred as Vera went from a {{convert|55|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} tropical storm to a {{convert|75|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} typhoon within 24 hours. Vera peaked the next morning as a {{convert|85|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, 983 mbar typhoon, west of Iwo Jima. Weakening occurred slowly as Vera stayed a maximum tropical storm until the storm started affecting Japan. Vera quickly weakened into a tropical depression over southern Japan where it dissipated on the morning of [[August 28]].
No damage or fatalities were reported in association with Typhoon Vera.<ref name="60tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/60.pdf Vera (60W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Super Typhoon Amy===
{{infobox hurricane small
| name=Super Typhoon Amy (6217)
| category=cat5
| type=super typhoon
| image=Typhoon Amy TIROS V 31 aug 1962 2322Z.jpg
| formed=[[August 29]]
| dissipated= [[September 8]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=160 mph (260 km/h)
| lowest pressure=939 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=Millions of dollars
| total fatalities=24
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The precursor to Super Typhoon Amy formed on [[August 27]] far northeast of Truk as a surge from the westerlies moved into the easterlies . The wave moved west and became Tropical Depression 62W west of [[Saipan]] two days later. The depression quickly strengthened, becoming a tropical storm and being given the name Amy. Amy strengthened rapidly, becoming a typhoon on the 30th northeast of [[Saipan]]. Amy's movement was erratic, and reached super typhoon status on [[September 1]] while making a curve to the northeast.
Amy strengthened into a weak Category 5 super typhoon northeast of the Philippines, peaking at {{convert|160|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} with a pressure of 939 mbar around midnight on [[September 1]]. Weakening was slow, and Amy made landfall in [[Taiwan]] as a Category 4 super typhoon on [[September 4]]. Amy weakened quickly, making landfall in western China as a {{convert|85|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} typhoon. Amy moved out into the [[South China Sea]], sped up and made landfall in [[South Korea]] as a {{convert|45|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} tropical storm on [[September 7]]. Amy was declared extratropical as a depression on [[September 8]]. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
The Japan Meteorolgical Agency continued tracking Amy for two more days. During that time, Amy made landfall in Russia's [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] on the 9th, and entered the [[Bering Sea]], the sixth typhoon this season to do so. The JMA ceased advisories on [[September 10]] in the sea.
Amy's flooding killed 24 people, with millions of dollars in damage (1962 USD) to crops, power, communication lines and buildings. <ref name="62tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/62.pdf Amy (62W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Carla===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Carla (6220)
| category=cat1
| type=super typhoon
| formed=[[September 19]]
| dissipated= [[September 23]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=85 mph (135 km/h)
| lowest pressure=983 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=Unavailable
| total fatalities=13
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A surge from the westerlies and a cut-off caused an MPT, while Carla formed downstream. From the surge, a tropical wave on [[September 14]] south of [[Yap]]. The wave was unable to gain strength, making landfall in [[Luzon]] while it was a tropical wave. The wave finally strengthened into Tropical Depression 65W on [[September 19]] off the Luzon coast. Tropical Depression 65W strengthened into a tropical storm on [[September 20]], quickly gaining strength. Carla made landfall on [[Hainan Island]] on the 21st as a {{convert|85|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} typhoon, its peak winds. Carla continued moving west and made landfall in northern Vietnam on [[September 22]] as a {{convert|65|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} tropical storm. Carla dissipated over land on [[September 23]] from lack of moisture.
No damage reports are available in association with Carla, however at least 13 people were killed. <ref name="The Washington Post 9-24">[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/163080402.html?dids=163080402:163080402&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=SEP+24%2C+1962&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Thai+Floods+Kill+13&pqatl=google The Washington Post 9-24 article of Typhoon Carla]</ref> <ref name="65tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/54.pdf Carla (65W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Unnamed Tropical Storm (66)===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name= Tropical Depression 66
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[September 12]]
| dissipated= [[September 15]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure= 1002 mbar
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical wave formed on [[September 11]] near 160°E out in the open Pacific Ocean near where Tropical Depression 55 formed. The wave strengthened into Tropical Depression 66 the next day moving to the northwest. T.D. 66 missed grazing buoy #131 on [[September 13]]. Tropical Depression 66W dissipated out in the open ocean on [[September 15]] near [[Iwo Jima]] and [[Chichi Jima]], never making landfall.
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued tracking TD 66 which was able to strengthen into a tropical storm, peaking at a pressure of 1002 mbar (29.58 [[inHg]]) on [[September 16]]. Tropical Storm 66W made a curve to the northeast and threatened Japan, but did not make landfall. The storm weakened and was declared extratropical the next day near the Aleutian Islands. <ref name="DigTyphoon">[http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1962.html.en Digital Typhoon Archives-1962]</ref><ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
No damage or fatalities were reported.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Storm Babe===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Storm Babe (6217)
| category=storm
| type=tropical storm
| formed=[[September 13]]
| dissipated= [[September 17]], [[1962]]
| highest winds= 65 mph (100 km/h) <ref name="Unisys1962WPac">[http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1962/index.html Unisys Inc.- 1962 Tracks]</ref>
| lowest pressure= 994 mbar (hPa)
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The sixty-seventh tropical wave formed on [[September 13]] in the open [[South China Sea]]. The wave quickly strengthened into Tropical Depression 67W the same day and became a tropical storm on [[September 14]], with the name Babe. Babe strengthened into a 65 mph (100 km/h) moderate tropical storm with a minimum pressure of 994 mbar (29.35 [[inHg]]). Babe made landfall in southern Vietnam and dissipated over the Laos border with Cambodia. The same area would be battered by Tropical Depression 68W nine days later.
Damage in Vietnam and Laos are unavailable.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Typhoon Dinah===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Dinah (6221)
| category=cat3
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[September 24]]
| dissipated= [[October 4]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=115 mph (185 km/h)
| lowest pressure=953 mbar
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A surge from the westerlies and a cut-off caused an MPT, while Dinah formed downstream. From the surge, a tropical wave formed near the coast of [[Guam]] on [[September 24]]. The wave strengthened into ''Tropical Depression 69W'' twelve hours later. Strengthening was very slow, as 69W did not reach tropical storm status until [[September 29]]. During the depression stage, 69W made a curve to the northwest. Finally at the second advisory on [[September 29]], the depression was upgraded to a minimal tropical storm and was given the name Dinah.
Dinah moved to the west, continuing to strengthen and by the morning of [[September 30]], Dinah was the sixteenth typhoon of the season. Dinah continued moving to the west, reaching Category 2 status on [[October 1]], and Category 3 the next day. Dinah peaked on [[October 2]] with {{convert|115|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds, a minimal Category 3 typhoon and a minimum pressure of 953 mbar (28.10 [[inHg]]). Weakening was slow and Dinah made landfall in Hong Kong on [[October 3]] as a maximum tropical storm with winds of {{convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. Dinah quickly weakened into a depression over land and dissipated over Hong Kong on [[October 4]].
Damage in Hong Kong is unavailable. <ref name="69tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/69.pdf Dinah (69W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Freda===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Freda (6223)
| category=cat3
| type=typhoon
| image=ColumbusDayStormPeakGustMap.jpg
| formed=[[October 3]]
| dissipated= [[October 10]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=115 mph (185 km/h)
| lowest pressure=950 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]] ([[Pascal (unit)|hPa]])
| total damages=$517 million (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=46
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A 15 mph outdraft formed on the morning of [[September 28]] south of [[Eniwetok Atoll]]. The outdraft became an ordinary tropical cyclone on [[October 3]], when it developed {{convert|500|mi|km}} off [[Wake Island]]. It moved to the northeast, then turned to a northwest where it strengthened into a typhoon and peaked at {{convert|115|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} on the 5th. Freda then turned and accelerated to the northeast, where it weakened until becoming extratropical on [[October 10]] to the south of the [[Aleutian Islands]]. The extratropical remnants of Freda headed to the east, and hit [[Victoria, British Columbia]] on [[October 12]] with winds of 45-50 mph, with wind gusts up to {{convert|90|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. There, great damage was seen across the Pacific northwest, causing a major disruption in daily life with power outages and store closings from shattered windows.
As an extratropical storm, Freda caused an estimated $10 million in damage (1962 USD, $517 million 2006 USD), with 46 deaths occurring. <ref name="UKTCL">[http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/weather.htm United Kingdom's Cyclone List]</ref> For more information on the extratropical remnants, see the [[Columbus Day Storm of 1962]]. <ref name="72tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/72.pdf Freda (72W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Super Typhoon Emma===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Super Typhoon Emma (6222)
| category=cat5
| type=super typhoon
| image=Typhoon Emma (1962).gif
| formed=[[October 1]]
| dissipated= [[October 11]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=165 mph (270 km/h)
| lowest pressure=903 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$1.6 million (2006 USD)
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The seventy-third tropical wave of the season formed north of [[Saipan]] on [[September 30]] and moved south. The wave strengthened into Tropical Storm Emma at the first advisory on [[October 1]]. Emma strengthened into the eighteenth typhoon of the 1962 season and grazed Guam while making a U-turn to the north on [[October 1]].
Emma continued to strengthen, reaching Category 2 intensity on [[October 2]], while passing [[Saipan]] and Category 3 intensity the next day. By the 4th, Emma became a Category 4 Super Typhoon and reached Category 5 status. The next day, Emma peaked at {{convert|165|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds with a minimum pressure of 903 mbar. Weakening was slow, as Emma turned to the northeast. Emma peaked at {{convert|125|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds on [[October 7]] and refused to weaken until [[October 9]] when Emma fell to {{convert|120|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds. Emma sped up to the northeast and was declared extratropical on [[October 11]] as a moderate Category 1 typhoon, due to cool air.
The extratropical remnants of Emma moved to the northeast, reaching a peak pressure of 950 mbar on [[October 12]]. Emma made landfall on Little Sitkin Island in the Aleutian Islands on the 13th as a {{convert|55|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} extratropical storm, and entered the Bering Sea the same day, dissipating soon afterwards at the 180°latitude line, entering the Central Pacific. Emma was the sixth typhoon to enter the Bering Sea.<ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Damage in Guam and Saipan totaled out to $250,000 from damages to communication equipments, buildings and fishing boats ($1.6 million 2006 USD). Emma was the fifth super typhoon of the 1962 season.<ref name="73tcr">[http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/73.pdf Emma (73W) Tropical Cyclone Report by the JTWC]</ref>
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===Typhoon Gilda===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Gilda (6224)
| category=cat4
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[October 19]]
| dissipated= [[October 30]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=135 [[mph]] (215 km/h)
| lowest pressure= 933 mbar
| total damages= None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical wave formed on [[October 18]] and struck [[Yap]] as a wave. The wave strengthened with a flow from the Southern Hemisphere and became Tropical Depression 74W on the next day. Strengthening was slow as 74W did not reach tropical storm status until it performed a cyclonic loop on the 22nd and was given the name Gilda. Gilda strengthened quickly afterwards and became a typhoon on \[\[October 23\]\].
Gilda strengthened into a Category 4 typhoon on [[October 26]], peaking at 933 mbar with {{convert|135|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds. Gilda kept this intensity until the next day when the storm weakened into a Category 3 typhoon. On the 28th, Gilda absorbed the weakening Typhoon Ivy southeast of [[Okinawa, Japan]] as a Category 2 typhoon after have a Fujiwhara interaction.<ref name="1962ATCR3">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/chapter3.pdf Joint Typhoon Warning Center's 1962 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (Chapter 3)]</ref> Gilda sped up and weakened to a tropical storm on [[October 30]] near Japan. Typhoon Gilda entered cool air and was declared an extratropical storm the same day at the forty-seventh advisory near the Japanese coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency continued to track Gilda to the northwest Pacific Ocean just south of the Aleutian Islands, where Gilda was declared over on [[November 1]] in the Central Pacific. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
No damage or fatalities were reported in association with Gilda. <ref>{{
cite web
| author = [[JTWC]]
| year = 1962
| url = http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/74.pdf
| title = Gilda (74W) Tropical Cyclone Report
| accessdate = 2006-12-03
}}</ref> Gilda had the same notability of Typhoon Kate earlier in the season by have a discontinuous track but of secondary lows on the lee. <ref name="MWR5-01"/>
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===Typhoon Ivy===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Ivy (6226)
| category=cat3
| type=super typhoon
| formed=[[October 28]]
| dissipated= [[October 29]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=115 mph (185 km/h)
| lowest pressure=997 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]<ref name="DigTyphoon">[http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1962.html.en Digital Typhoon Archives-1962]</ref>
| total damages=$172,000 (2005 USD)
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical wave formed on [[October 26]] near [[Ulithi]] and [[Woleai Atol]]. The wave moved to the northwest and strengthened from a wave into a Category 3 typhoon with winds of {{convert|115|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. Interaction from the active Typhoon Gilda caused a Fujiwhara effect between the two and caused Ivy to weaken at a rapid pace from a Category 3 typhoon to a minimal tropical storm in 48 hours. The stronger Typhoon Gilda absorbed the weak Ivy on [[October 29]] south of Iwo Jima.
Ivy never made landfall thus no damage or fatalties were reported. <ref>{{
cite web
| author = [[JTWC]]
| year = 1962
| url = http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/76.pdf
| title = Ivy (76W) Tropical Cyclone Report
| accessdate = 2006-12-03
}}</ref>{{clear}}
===Tropical Storm Harriet===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Storm Harriet (6225)
| category=storm
| type=tropical storm
| image=Harriet 1962 track.PNG
| formed=[[October 25]]
| dissipated= [[October 31]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=60 mph (95 km/h)<ref name="Unisys1962WPac">[http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1962/index.html Unisys Inc.- 1962 Tracks]</ref>
| lowest pressure=1000 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]<ref name="DigTyphoon">[http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1962.html.en Digital Typhoon Archives-1962]</ref>
| total damages=Unknown
| total fatalities=900+
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The Japan Meteorological Agency first tracked Tropical Storm Harriet as a tropical wave on the morning on [[October 19]] with a minimum pressure of 1003 mbar off the Philippines. The wave weakened to 1006 mbar and became ''Tropical Depression 78W'' on [[October 22]] out in the open South China Sea. The depression was raised into Tropical Storm Harriet on [[October 25]] by the JMA, where a minimal pressure of 1000 mbar was recorded. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Tropical Storm Harriet was first observed by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on [[October 25]], just off the east coast of [[Thailand]]. It hit that night as a {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} tropical storm, and crossed into the Indian Ocean. During landfall its [[storm surge]] flooded the Laem Talumphuk peninsula in [[Nakhon Si Thammarat Province]]. There, it moved to the northwest, then recurved to the northeast. It hit [[Bangladesh]] on [[October 30]], and dissipated the next day. In the urbanized area of Pak Phanang, water rose to a depth of four meters at the river nearby. Laem Talumpuk was swept clean by Harriet as all but five houses were destroyed in the village of four thousand people at the end of the peninsula, which had been battered with three meter high waves. In a town near the River Bang Chak, 30 percent of the houses were destroyed as well as half of the rice crop in the area.
His Majesty the King who promptly delivered aid to the people. He personally made an appeal for public assistance, with tremendous response and donations flowing in to Chitralada Villa. He made available fund and donated materials to disaster victims, and provided fund for the Ministry of Education to rebuild 12 elementary schools destroyed by storm in six southern provinces, graciously named Rajaprajanugroh 1,2,3,4 to 12. <ref name="60yrsHisMajesty">[http://www.80thbirthdayanniversary.go.th/en/benevolence_detail.php?id=16Aid of Harriet from the King of Thailand in 1962]</ref>
Harriet caused 900+ fatalities (with 142 missing), injured 252, left over 10000 homeless throughout Thailand from an accompanying storm surge. The storm also affected Bangladesh on [[October 30]], after entering the North Indian Ocean.
The next storm that devastating for the Malay Peninsula would be [[Typhoon Gay (1989)|Typhoon Gay]] of 1989. <ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Typhoon Jean===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Jean (6227)
| category=cat2
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[November 6]]
| dissipated= [[November 13]], [[1962]]
| image=Typhoon Jean (1962).JPG
| highest winds=105 mph (170 km/h)
| lowest pressure=960 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A easterly tropical wave after the polar trough fractured the superposition formed on [[November 3]] near [[Yap]]. <ref name="81TCR">{{
cite web
| author = [[JTWC]]
| year = 1962
| url = http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/81.pdf
| title = Jean (81W) Tropical Cyclone Report
| accessdate = 2006-12-03
}}</ref> The wave made landfall in the Philippines on the 6th and strengthened into Tropical Depression 81W over land. Strengthening occurred an 81W became Tropical Storm '''Jean''' on the 6th near Manila. Rapid strengthening occurred and Jean peaked at a {{convert|100|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} typhoon on [[November 9]] near [[Vietnam]]. Jean started weakening and dissipated on [[November 13]] because of lack of upper level divergence.
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued to track Jean for six more days. During that time, Jean made an anti-cyclonic loop to the south, where Jean was declared an extratropical low on [[November 19]] in the open [[South China Sea]]. No damage or fatalities were reported. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref><ref name="81TCR"/>
Jean's lengthtivity from formation as a wave to time the JMA ceased advisories was sixteen straight days.<ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref><ref name="81TCR"/>
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===Super Typhoon Karen===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Super Typhoon Karen (6228)
| category=cat5
| type=super typhoon
| image=Super_Typhoon_Karen.JPG
| track=Karen 1962 track.png
| formed=[[November 7]]
| dissipated= [[November 18]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=185 mph (295 [[kilometres per hour|km/h]])
| lowest pressure=897 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$1.6 billion (2004 USD)
| total fatalities=11
| areas affected=[[Guam]] and Japan
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
{{hurricane main|Typhoon Karen}}
Typhoon Karen, which formed on [[November 7]] in the open Western Pacific, explosively intensified to a {{convert|185|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} super typhoon on the 9th. It turned to the west, maintaining its powerful winds of 175-185 mph for 4 days as it crossed the islands of the West Pacific. Cool air weakened Karen as it turned to the north, and was only a minimal typhoon at its nearest approach to Japan. The storm turned eastward, where it became extratropical on [[November 18]]. Karen's strong winds caused $250 million in damage (1962 USD) and 11 casualties. Karen passed over the southern part of the island in 1962. Wind gusts estimated near {{convert|185|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} destroyed 95% of all homes on the island. <ref name="Guam Typhoon Restoration">[http://www.guampowerauthority.com/news/restoration.html Guam Typhoon Restoration by the Power Authority of Guam]</ref>
*Karen has the third highest Accumulated Cyclone Energy in the West Pacific on record behind Typhoon Nancy of 1961 and Typhoon Paka of 1997. <ref name="WPac ACE">[[Talk:Accumulated cyclone energy/WPac by ACE|West Pacific ACE Chart]]</ref>
*The name '''Karen''' was retired after that year. <ref>{{
cite web
| author = [[JTWC]]
| year = 1962
| url = http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/84.pdf
| title = Karen (84W) Tropical Cyclone Report
| accessdate = 2006-12-03
}}</ref>
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===Typhoon Lucy===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Typhoon Lucy (8629)
| category=cat3
| type=typhoon
| formed=[[November 25]]
| dissipated= [[December 1]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=115 mph (185 km/h)
| lowest pressure=974 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=$5 million
| total fatalities=5
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A surge from the westerlies into MPT which was followed by cut-off low formed on [[November 24]], while a depression formed downstream. This kind of formation is not unusual, both Typhoons Carla and Dinah formed in the same way. The system strengthened into Tropical Depression 86W near [[Koror]] on [[November 25]] and strengthened into Tropical Storm Lucy on the same day. Strengthening occurred slowly, as Lucy didn't gain typhoon status until [[November 27]]. That same day, Lucy made landfall in the Philippines as an {{convert|80|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} typhoon. Lucy kept moving west and peaked at {{convert|115|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, as a Category 3 typhoon on [[November 29]]. Lucy made landfall in the Philippines and southern [[Vietnam]] on [[November 30]]. Lucy dissipated in the Strait of Taiwan on [[December 1]] from cold air and land interaction. The Japan Meteorological Agency ceased advisories that same day.<ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
Five people were killed, with five million dollars in damage. ($32.6 million in 2006 USD). Winds of {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} were felt [[Cebu City Airport]] when Lucy passed over the area.<ref name="Lucy">[http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/port_studies/thh-nc/phillipi/cebu/text/sect5.htm TROPICAL CYCLONES AFFECTING CEBU HARBOR]</ref>
<ref>{{
cite web
| author = [[JTWC]]
| year = 1962
| url = http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/88.pdf
| title = Lucy (88W) Tropical Cyclone Report
| accessdate = 2006-12-03
}}</ref>
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===Tropical Storm Mary===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Storm Mary
| category=storm
| type=tropical storm
| formed=[[December 1]]
| dissipated= [[December 3]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=55 mph (95 km/h)<ref name="Unisys1962WPac">[http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1962/index.html Unisys Inc.- 1962 Tracks]</ref>
| pressure=1002 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
Tropical Depression 89W formed from a same day tropical wave in the open [[South China Sea]] southeast of Vietnam on [[December 1]]. T.D. 89W moved north, strengthening into a tropical storm and being given the name Mary. Tropical Storm Mary peaked at {{convert|55|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds, a moderate tropical storm on [[December 2]]. Mary weakened and soon dissipated on [[December 3]] near [[Vietnam]].<ref name="62TSTD"/>
No damage or fatalities were reported in association with Tropical Storm Mary.
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===Tropical Storm Nadine===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Storm Nadine (6230)
| category=storm
| type=tropical storm
| formed=[[December 6]]
| dissipated= [[December 10]], [[1962]]
| highest winds=60 mph (95 km/h) <ref name="Unisys1962WPac">[http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1962/index.html Unisys Inc.- 1962 Tracks]</ref>
| lowest pressure=975 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]]<ref name="DigTyphoon">[http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/year/wnp/1962.html.en Digital Typhoon Archives-1962]</ref>
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The final storm of the season began as a tropical wave on [[December 3]] off the coast of Guam. The wave moved north and strengthened into Tropical Depression 90W on [[December 6]]. It strengthened into Tropical Storm Nadine and grazed [[Guam]] as a tropical storm. Guam had already been devastated by Super Typhoon Karen about thirty days before in the season. Nadine continued to move north and passed by [[Saipan]], dissipating far off the coast of a buoy, 4YV on [[December 10]], where the JTWC ceased advisories on Nadine.
Nadine was tracked continuing eastward, passing the [[International Date Line]], where Nadine entered the Central Pacific's area of responsibility on [[December 11]] as a 976 mbar extratropical cyclone, where the Japan Meteorological Agency ceased advisories on Nadine after entering.<ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref> Nadine was the fifteenth cyclone in the season to last for a week or more, eight days in actuality.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
<ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
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==Other storms==
In addition to the 31 storms, ten tropical depressions formed, all unable to strengthen into a tropical storm.
===Tropical Depression 21===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 21
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[May 21]]
| dissipated= [[May 22]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure=
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
Tropical Depression 21 formed on [[May 21]] in the open [[South China Sea]], east of the Philippine Islands. 21 moved to the southeast toward southwestern Vietnam. However, 21 made a turn back to the north on [[May 22]] and dissipated on the same day without threatening land.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 39===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 39
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[July 8]]
| dissipated= [[July 12]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure=
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical system formed on [[July 7]] north of the island of [[Koror]]. The system strengthened into a tropical depression the next day when the first advisory was released. The depression continuously changed directions, once on the 8th to the northwest, again the next day to the southwest and the final one on the 10th to the northwest again. Tropical Depression 39 continued to the northwest, but degenerated into a remnant low on the morning of [[July 12]]. Tropical Depression 39's remnants continued moving, finally dissipating on [[July 15]].
The depression never made landfall, so no damage or fatalities were reported.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 41===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 41
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[July 10]]
| dissipated= [[July 11]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure=
| total damages=Unavailable
| total fatalities=Unavailable
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
As Typhoon Joan weakening, a new tropical system formed in the South China Sea on the afternoon of [[July 10]]. The system strengthened while moving west, becoming ''Tropical Depression 41'' the same day. The depression continued moving west at a rapid pace, passing [[Hainan Island]] and made landfall in northern Vietnam on [[July 11]]. The depression dissipated over land late that evening.
Damage and fatalities in Vietnam from 41 are unavailable.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 50===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 50
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[July 29]]
| dissipated= [[August 2]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure=
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
On [[July 29]], the [[Joint Hurricane Warning Center]] in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], released an advisory on a system in the Central Pacific and was named Tropical Depression number 50. No change in strength occurred and advisories on [[August 2]] near the transition into the Western Pacific basin. Tropical Depression 50 never made landfall, so no damage was reported.<ref name="1962ATCR3">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/chapter3.pdf Joint Typhoon Warning Center's 1962 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (Chapter 3)]</ref> <ref name="CPHC1962">[http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1962.php Central Pacific Hurricane Center Archive of 1962]</ref><ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 55===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 55W
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[August 14]]
| dissipated= [[August 15]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure=
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
}}
A tropical system formed on [[August 14]], off where the stronger Super Typhoon Ruth was, near the [[International Date Line]]. The system strengthened into a tropical depression at the first advisory on the morning of the 14th. The depression made a u-turn and dissipated by the next day. Tropical Depression 55 never made landfall, thus no fatalities or damage was reported.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 63===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 63
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[August 31]]
| dissipated= [[September 1]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure=
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The [[Joint Hurricane Warning Center]] named a tropical depression in the Central Pacific basin as Tropical Depression number 63, following the [[West Pacific]]'s numbering. The advisories were discontinued {{convert|275|nmi|km}} from the South Point of [[Big Island]], where it was no longer considered a threat to shipping lanes or any land masses.
In a strange coincidence- 63 stayed at the same latitude in its whole lifetime. <ref name="1962ATCR3">[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/chapter3.pdf Joint Typhoon Warning Center's 1962 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (Chapter 3)]</ref> <ref name="CPHC1962">[http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1962.php Central Pacific Hurricane Center Archive of 1962]</ref><ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 64===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 64
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[September 3]]
| dissipated= [[September 7]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure=
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical wave formed on [[September 3]] at low lattitudes near [[Woleai Atol]]. The wave moved to the northwest, but gained strength slowly. On [[September 5]], the wave finally became well-organized to become Tropical Depression 64W. The island of [[Yap]] was in the direction of 64W but the depression passed to the south. Tropical Depression 64 began to weaken and dissipated on [[September 7]] into a remnant low north of Koror.
The depression never made landfall, so no damage or fatalities were reported.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 68===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 68
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[September 22]]
| dissipated= [[September 27]], [[1962]]
| winds=
| pressure=
| total damages=Unavailable
| total fatalities=Unavailable
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
A tropical wave formed on [[September 22]] east of the Philippines moving to the northwest. The wave quickly strengthened into Tropical Depression 68 the same day. T.D. 68W made landfall in the Philippines on the 23rd and battered the capital, [[Manila, Philippines|Manila]]. The depression continued moving west, changing directions constantly. The depression made landfall again in the country of [[Vietnam]] on [[September 26]], dissipating the next day on the Vietnam-[[Laos]] border. No damage reports in Vietnam or the Philippines are available.
68 was the longest lasting depression of the season.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 75===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 75
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[October 20]]
| dissipated= [[October 22]], [[1962]]
| winds=150 mph
| pressure=936 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]] ([[Pascal (unit)|hPa]])
| total damages=
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
Tropical Depression 75 formed on [[October 20]] south of buoy 131 in the open Pacific Ocean, which is close the International Date Line. 75 moved to the northwest, dissipating on [[October 22]] near the island of [[Iwo Jima]]. 75 was extremely short-lived and only lasted for two days. 75 never made landfall, so no damage or fatalities were reported.<ref name="62TSTD"/>
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===Tropical Depression 85===
{{infobox hurricane small
|name=Tropical Depression 85
| category=depression
| type=tropical depression
| formed=[[November 18]]
| dissipated= [[November 20]], [[1962]]
| winds=55 [[miles per hour|mph]]
| pressure=1002 [[Bar (unit)|mbar]] ([[Pascal (unit)|hPa]])
| total damages=None
| total fatalities=None
| hurricane season=1962 Pacific typhoon season}}
The eighty-fifth tropical wave of the season formed in the [[South China Sea]] on [[November 18]]. The wave quickly strengthened into ''Tropical Depression 85'' over the sea the same day. The depression got near [[Vietnam]] but cool air caused it to dissipate into a remnant low before landfall on [[November 20]]. No damage or fatalities were reported in Vietnam in association with T.D. 85.<ref name="62TSTD">{{
cite web
| author = [[JTWC]]
| year = 1962
| url = http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/wnp/62tstd.pdf
| title = 1962 Tropical Storms and Tropical Depressions by the JTWC
| accessdate = 2006-12-03
}}</ref>
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== Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) Rating ==
The table on the below shows the [[Accumulated Cyclone Energy|ACE]] for each storm in the season. The ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed for, so hurricanes that lasted a long time have higher ACEs (such as Karen).
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{|class="wikitable" align=center style="margin:0 0 2.5em 1em;"
|-
!colspan=9|ACE (10<sup>4</sup>kt<sup>2</sup>) – Storm: <ref name="WPac_by_year ACE">[[Talk:Accumulated Cyclone Energy/WPac by year|Source]]</ref>
|-
!1
![[Typhoon Karen (1962)|Karen]]
!67.27
!11
!Jean
!11.77
!21
!Ivy
!4.28
|-
!2
![[Typhoon Emma (1962)|Emma]]
!48.49
!12
!Dinah
!11.61
!22
!Vera
!3.81
|-
!3
![[Typhoon Ruth (1962)|Ruth]]
!37.99
!13
!Lucy
!11.25
!23
!Carla
!2.68
|-
!4
![[Typhoon Amy (1962)|Amy]]
!35.87
!14
!Sarah
!11.09
!24
!Fran
!2.46
|-
!5
![[Typhoon Georgia (1962)|Georgia]]
!29.76
!15
![[Typhoon Wanda (1962)|Wanda]]
!10.51
!25
!Babe
!2.11
|-
!6
!Gilda
!27.24
!16
![[Typhoon Nora (1962)|Nora]]
!7.93
!26
!Nadine
!1.56
|-
!7
![[Typhoon Opal (1962)|Opal]]
!18.99
!17
![[Typhoon Kate (1962)|Kate]]
!7.77
!27
!Iris
!1.41
|-
!8
!Freda
!18.55
!18
!Hope
!6.43
!28
!66W
!1.16
|-
!9
!Thelma
!15.12
!19
![[Typhoon Patsy (1962)|Patsy]]
!6.02
!29
!Mary
!1.16
|-
!10
!Louise
!14.17
!20
!Joan
!5.95
!30
![[Tropical Storm Harriet (1962)|Harriet]]
!.750
|-
!
!
!
!31
!Marge
!0.602
!
!
!
|-
!colspan=9| Total= 425.769 (426 10<sup>4</sup>kt<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|}
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==Storm names==
In addition to the 30 named storms, an unnamed storm was tracked by the JMA, 6219 and also known by the JTWC as Tropical Depression 66W. <ref name="1962JMA">[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/bstve_1962_m.html JMA 1962 Best Track Graphics]</ref>
{|width="90%"
|
* <div style="color: #888;">Agnes
* <div style="color: #888;">Bess
* <div style="color: #888;">Carmen
* <div style="color: #888;">Della
* <div style="color: #888;">Elaine
* <div style="color: #888;">Faye
* <div style="color: #888;">Gloria
* <div style="color: #888;">Hester
* <div style="color: #888;">Irma
* <div style="color: #888;">Judy
* <div style="color: #888;">Kit
* <div style="color: #888;">Lola
* <div style="color: #888;">Mamie
* <div style="color: #888;">Nina
* <div style="color: #888;">Ora
* <div style="color: #888;">Phyllis
* <div style="color: #888;">Rita
* <div style="color: #888;">Susan
* <div style="color: #888;">Tess
* <div style="color: #888;">Viola
* <div style="color: #888;">Winnie
|
* <div style="color: #888;">Alice
* <div style="color: #888;">Betty
* <div style="color: #888;">Cora
* <div style="color: #888;">Doris
* <div style="color: #888;">Elsie
* <div style="color: #888;">Flossie
* <div style="color: #888;">Grace
* <div style="color: #888;">Helen
* <div style="color: #888;">Ida
* <div style="color: #888;">June
* <div style="color: #888;">Kathy
* <div style="color: #888;">Lorna
* <div style="color: #888;">Marie
* <div style="color: #888;">Nancy
* <div style="color: #888;">Olga
* <div style="color: #888;">Pamela
* <div style="color: #888;">Ruby
* <div style="color: #888;">Sally
* <div style="color: #888;">Tilda
* <div style="color: #888;">Violet
* <div style="color: #888;">Wilda
|
* <div style="color: #888;">Anita
* <div style="color: #888;">Billie
* <div style="color: #888;">Clara
* <div style="color: #888;">Dot
* <div style="color: #888;">Ellen
* Fran 6201
* Georgia 6202
* Hope 6203
* Iris 6204
* Joan 6205
* Kate 6206
* Louise 6207
* Marge 6208
* Nora 6209
* Opal 6210
* Patsy 6211
* Ruth 6212
* Sarah 6213
* Thelma 6214
* Vera 6215
* Wanda 6216
|
* Amy 6217
* Babe 6218
* Carla 6220
* Dinah 6221
* Emma 6222
* Freda 6223
* Gilda 6224
* Harriet 6225
* Ivy 6226
* Jean 6227
* [[Typhoon Karen (1962)|Karen 6228]]
* Lucy 6229
* Mary 89W
* Nadine 6230
* <div style="color: #888;">Olive
* <div style="color: #888;">Polly
* <div style="color: #888;">Rose
* <div style="color: #888;">Shirley
* <div style="color: #888;">Trix
* <div style="color: #888;">Virginia
* <div style="color: #888;">Wendy
|}
===Retirement===
The name Karen was retired after this year and was replaced with '''Kim'''.
==See also==
{{tcportal}}
*[[1950-1969 Pacific hurricane seasons]]
*[[1962 Atlantic hurricane season]]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
* [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1962atcr/pdf/1962.html The Joint Typhoon Warning Center's Report on 1962]
* [http://www.cityofportmoody.com/About+Port+Moody/Heritage+and+History/Historical+Insights/Typhoon+Freda.htm More info on Freda]
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|intensity={{Storm_colour|storm}}
|stormname=Fran
|strength=Tropical Storm
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Storm_Fran
|storminitial=2
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat4}}
|stormname=Georgia
|strength=Category 4 Super Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Super_Typhoon_Georgia
|storminitial=13
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat2}}
|stormname=Hope
|strength=Category 2 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Hope
|storminitial=17
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Twenty-One
|strength=Tropical Depression
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_21W
|storminitial=21
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat1}}
|stormname=Iris
|strength=Category 1 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Iris
|storminitial=22
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat1}}
|stormname=Joan
|strength=Category 1 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Joan
|storminitial=37
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Thirty-Nine
|strength=Tropical Depression
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_39W
|storminitial=39
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Forty-One
|strength=Tropical Depression
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_41W
|storminitial=41
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat2}}
|stormname=Kate
|strength=Category 2 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Kate
|storminitial=44
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat1}}
|stormname=Louise
|strength=Category 1 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Louise
|storminitial=45
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat1}}
|stormname=Nora
|strength=Category 1 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Nora
|storminitial=46
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|storm}}
|stormname=Marge
|strength=Tropical Storm
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Storm_Marge
|storminitial=47
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat5}}
|stormname=Opal
|strength=Category 5 Super Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Super_Typhoon_Opal
|storminitial=48
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Fifty
|strength=Tropical Depression (JHWC)
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_50
|storminitial=50
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat1}}
|stormname=Patsy
|strength=Category 1 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Patsy
|storminitial=51
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat1}}
|stormname=Sarah
|strength=Category 1 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Sarah
|storminitial=53
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat5}}
|stormname=Ruth
|strength=Category 5 Super Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Super_Typhoon_Ruth
|storminitial=54
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat4}}
|stormname=Thelma
|strength=Category 4 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Thelma
|storminitial=58
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat2}}
|stormname=Wanda
|strength=Category 2 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Wanda
|storminitial=59
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat1}}
|stormname=Vera
|strength=Category 1 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Vera
|storminitial=60
}}
</tr>
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<tr>
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat5}}
|stormname=Amy
|strength=Category 5 Super Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Super_Typhoon_Amy
|storminitial=62
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Sixty-Three (JHWC)
|strength=Tropical Depression
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_63
|storminitial=63
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Sixty-Four
|strength=Tropical Depression
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_64W
|storminitial=64
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat1}}
|stormname=Carla
|strength=Category 1 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Carla
|storminitial=65
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|storm}}
|stormname=Sixty-Six
|strength=Tropical Storm (JMA) (JTWC TD)
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Storm_66W
|storminitial=66
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|storm}}
|stormname=Babe
|strength=Tropical Storm
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Storm_Babe
|storminitial=67
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Sixty-Eight
|strength=Tropical Depression
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_68W
|storminitial=68
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat3}}
|stormname=Dinah
|strength=Category 3 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Dinah
|storminitial=69
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat3}}
|stormname=Freda
|strength=Category 3 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Freda
|storminitial=72
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat5}}
|stormname=Emma
|strength=Category 5 Super Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Super_Typhoon_Emma
|storminitial=73
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat4}}
|stormname=Gilda
|strength=Category 4 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Gilda
|storminitial=74
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Seventy-Five
|strength=Tropical Depression
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_75W
|storminitial=75
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat3}}
|stormname=Ivy
|strength=Category 3 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Ivy
|storminitial=76
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|storm}}
|stormname=Harriet
|strength=Tropical Storm
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Storm_Harriet
|storminitial=78
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat2}}
|stormname=Jean
|strength=Category 2 Typhoon
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Jean
|storminitial=81
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|cat5}}
|stormname=Karen
|strength=Category 5 Super Typhoon
|linkname=Typhoon Karen (1962)
|storminitial=84
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|depression}}
|stormname=Eighty-Five
|strength=Tropical Depression
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_85W
|storminitial=85
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|storm}}
|stormname=Mary
|strength=Tropical Storm
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Storm_Mary
|storminitial=89
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|storm}}
|stormname=Nadine
|strength=Tropical Storm
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Storm_Nadine
|storminitial=90
}}
</tr></table>
<center>'''Other tropical cyclones:'''</center><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"><tr>
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=One
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_1
|storminitial=1
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Three
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_3
|storminitial=3
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Four
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_4
|storminitial=4
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Five
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_5
|storminitial=5
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Six
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_6
|storminitial=6
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Fourteen
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_14
|storminitial=14
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Sixteen
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_16
|storminitial=16
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Eighteen
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_18
|storminitial=18
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Twenty-Four
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_24
|storminitial=24
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Twenty-Six
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_26
|storminitial=26
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Twenty-Nine
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_29
|storminitial=29
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Thirty-Four
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_34
|storminitial=34
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Thirty-Six
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_36
|storminitial=36
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Forty-Nine
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_49
|storminitial=49
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Fifty-Six
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_56
|storminitial=56
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Sixty-One
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_61
|storminitial=61
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_button
|buttonspacing=0.25em
|intensity={{Storm_colour|extratropical}}
|stormname=Seventy-Nine
|strength=Tropical Cyclone
|linkname=1962_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Cyclone_79
|storminitial=79
}}
{{Hurricane_season_bar_end}}
[[Category:Pacific typhoon seasons|1962]]
[[Category:1962 Pacific typhoon season| ]]
[[Category:Typhoons in Thailand|Tropical Storm Harriet (1962)]]