The 1953 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1953, 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. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1953 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Fleet Weather Center on Guam.
This storm weakened and dissipated before it hit the Philippines.
Judy skirted the Philippines[1] and Taiwan then struck the Southern Japanese island of Kyushu. 37 people were killed and 15 were missing.[2]
Nina was a major storm. It made landfall in China as a Category 4 tropical cyclone.
Ophelia hit Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Rita hit China as a tropical storm.
Susan hit Hong Kong.[3]
Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. 393 people were killed and 85 were missing.[4]
Betty hit Hong Kong and then took an unusual track; going from west to east.
Cora crossed the northern Philippines and hit its peak strength, then rapidly weakened and dissipated.
A rare late-season Super Typhoon. Doris did not affect land, but caused nine fatalities when a USAF PB4Y-2 disappeared during a flight into the typhoon.[5]
