Typhoon Wilda (1964)
Typhoon Wilda's surface analysis on September 21, 1964 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 16, 1964 |
| Dissipated | September 25, 1964 |
| Unknown-strength storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Lowest pressure | 895 hPa (mbar); 26.43 inHg |
| Category 5-equivalent super typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 43 |
| Damage | Unknown |
| Areas affected | Mariana Islands, Japan |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1964 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Wilda was an intense typhoon that was tied for lowest central pressure of any typhoon in 1964, along with Typhoon Sally. As the twenty-fourth named storm of the season, it origins can be traced back to when it was as a tropical storm east-southeast of Guam on September 16. Wilda moved northwestward for multiple days. it was identified as a tropical storm by Joint Typhoon Warning Center on September 19, strengthening into a typhoon that day. It reached its peak intensity over the Philippine Sea. Wilda slightly weakened following peak strength before curving northward and making landfall on September 24. The storm would eventually emerge into the Sea of Japan and curve northeast. Wilda made a final landfall on September 25 as a tropical storm, thereafter, departing Japan and quickly moving towards the central Aleutian Islands as a powerful extratropical cyclone, dissipating on September 27.