1953 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Irma

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Irma 1953 track.png

|Formed=February 18

|Dissipated=February 25

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=100

|Pressure=980

}}Irma formed on February 18, just near the International Date Line. The storm moved west over the following days, slowly increasing its speed before reaching its peak intensity on February 23. The storm quickly lost speed, then made landfall over the Visayas archipelago of the Philippines. On December 25, the storm dissipated just near the province of Iloilo.{{Cite web |title=1953 Typhoon IRMA (1953049N07167) |url=https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1953049N07167 |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=IBTRACS}}

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Judy 1953 track.png

|Formed=May 28

|Dissipated=June 7

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=120

|Pressure=940

}}Judy formed on May 28, to the east of the Philippines. The next day, the storm started moving west, then later moving northwest. Over the following days, the storm moved northwest, albeit curving. On June 4, the typhoon hit the Philippines, reaching its peak intensity in Luzon. The storm later curved north, skirting Taiwan. The storm started losing speed, then increased speed on June 6. The storm later curved north, directly hitting Japan. Later dissipating the next day.{{Cite web |title=1953 Super Typhoon JUDY (1953148N08150) |url=https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1953148N08150 |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=IBTRACS}}

Judy damaged multiple areas in Japan, causing 37 deaths, 17 injuries, and leading 56 people missing. The storm also destroyed 1802 houses, inundated another 33 thousand, and damaged 139 ships.{{Cite web |title=Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 195302 (JUDY) - Disaster Information |url=http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=195302&basin=wnp&lang=en |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=agora.ex.nii.ac.jp}}{{cite news| title=Typhoon Skirts Philippines| date=June 3, 1953| newspaper=The New York Times| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/06/03/archives/typhoon-skirts-philippines.html| access-date=January 3, 2021}}

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=04W 1953 track.png

|Formed=June 21

|Dissipated=July 2

|Type1=nwpstorm

|1-min winds=40

|Pressure=1000

}}04W formed on June 21. The storm moved northwest, making landfall in the Philippines on June 25, reaching its peak intensity. On June 26, the storm quickly curved north and then quickly moved south the same day. A few days later, the storm made landfall in Hainan and later Mainland China.{{Cite web |title=1953 Tropical Storm UNNAMED (1953172N08142) |url=https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1953172N08142 |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=IBTRACS}}{{Clear}}

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Kit 1953 track.png

|Formed=June 25

|Dissipated=July 8

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=150

|Pressure=910

}}On June 25, Kit formed just south of the Philippines. Over the following days, the storm traverses west, then later northwest, having peak intensity on June 29. Kit later starts decreasing speed on July 1, then made landfall in Taiwan on July 3. The next day, Kit settles in China, curving north. The storm stayed in China over the following days, then made landfall on the Korea peninsula on July 5. The storm later makes landfall in Japan on July 7, then dissipated the following day.{{Cite web |title=1953 Super Typhoon KIT (1953176N05150) |url=https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1953176N05150 |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=IBTRACS}}

Because of the storm, strong winds were recorded in Batanes, with widespread precipitation.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ExLAAAAYAAJ&q=Typhoon+Kit+1953 |title=Report |date=1950 |publisher=Philippine Weather Bureau |language=en}} Other than rain, Kit destroyed a ship and damaged another.{{Cite book |last=Council |first=United States Merchant Marine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8d6Fgx0KqlQC&dq=Typhoon+Kit+1953&pg=PA97 |title=Proceedings |date=1955 |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard. |language=en}}{{Clear}}

On July 23, Lola spawned southeast of Japan. The typhoon curved northwest before differing between north and west. The storm then drifted north before curving northeast and dissipating shortly after on August 3.{{Cite web |title=1953 Typhoon LOLA (1953205N17158) |url=https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1953205N17158 |access-date=14 October 2024 |website=IBTRACS}}{{Infobox hurricane small

|Basin=WPac

|Image=Lola 1953 track.png

|Formed=July 23

|Dissipated=August 3

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=80

|Pressure=970

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Mamie 1953 track.png

|Formed=July 30

|Dissipated=August 8

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=100

|Pressure=980

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Nina 1953 track.png

|Formed=August 8

|Dissipated=August 18

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=160

|Pressure=885

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Nina was a major storm. It made landfall in China as a Category 4 tropical cyclone.

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=09W 1953 track.png

|Formed=August 9

|Dissipated=August 11

|Type1=nwpdepression

|1-min winds=45

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Ophelia 1953 track.png

|Formed=August 12

|Dissipated=August 16

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=100

|Pressure=960

}}Ophelia hit Hong Kong and Vietnam.{{Clear}}

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Phyllis 1953 track.png

|Formed=August 15

|Dissipated=August 22

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=75

|Pressure=975

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Rita 1953 track.png

|Formed=August 23

|Dissipated=September 2

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=125

|Pressure=940

}}Rita hit China as a tropical storm.{{Clear}}

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=13W 1953 track.png

|Formed=August 26

|Dissipated=August 29

|Type1=nwpstorm

|1-min winds=55

|Pressure=995

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{{Infobox hurricane small

|Basin=WPac

|Image=Susan 1953 track.png

|Formed=September 15

|Dissipated=September 20

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=110

|Pressure=970

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Susan hit Hong Kong.{{Cite web|title=Significant storm surge events in Hong Kong before 1953|url=https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wservice/tsheet/pms/stormsurgedb_notes.htm|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.hko.gov.hk|language=en}}{{Clear}}

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|Formed=September 17

|Dissipated=September 27

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=150

|Pressure=900

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Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. 393 people were killed and 85 were missing.{{Cite web|title=Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 195313 (TESS) - Disaster Information|url=http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=195313&basin=wnp&lang=en|access-date=2020-08-30|website=agora.ex.nii.ac.jp}}

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=16W 1953 track.png

|Formed=September 25

|Dissipated=September 28

|Type1=nwpstorm

|1-min winds=40

|Pressure=1000

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|Type=nwpstorm

|Image=JMA TS 15 1953 track.png

|Basin=WPac

|Formed=October 1

|Dissipated=October 3

|1-min winds=

|Pressure=999

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Viola 1953 track.png

|Formed=October 3

|Dissipated=October 8

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=100

|Pressure=965

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Winnie 1953 track.png

|Formed=October 6

|Dissipated=October 9

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=65

|Pressure=990

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{{Infobox hurricane small

|Basin=WPac

|Image=TY Alice 1953 track.png

|Formed=October 11

|Dissipated=October 23

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=100

|Pressure=915

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{{Infobox hurricane small

|Basin=WPac

|Image=Betty 1953 track.png

|Formed=October 25

|Dissipated=November 2

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=130

|Pressure=965

}}Betty hit Hong Kong and then took an unusual track; going from west to east.{{Clear}}

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=Cora 1953 track.png

|Formed=November 8

|Dissipated=November 20

|Type1=typhoon

|1-min winds=120

|Pressure=960

}}Cora crossed the northern Philippines and hit its peak strength, then rapidly weakened and dissipated.{{Clear}}

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|Basin=WPac

|Image=22W 1953 track.png

|Formed=November 25

|Dissipated=November 29

|Type1=nwpstorm

|1-min winds=40

|Pressure=1000

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{{Infobox hurricane small

|Basin=WPac

|Image=23W 1953 track.png

|Formed=November 28

|Dissipated=December 3

|Type1=nwpstorm

|1-min winds=40

|Pressure=1000

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{{Infobox hurricane small

|Basin=WPac

|Image=Doris 1953 track.png

|Formed=December 9

|Dissipated=December 22

|1-min winds=150

|Type1=typhoon

|Pressure=935

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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.[https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/the-6-lost-hurricane-hunter-missions-part-iii-typhoon-doris-1953.html "The 6 lost Hurricane Hunter missions, Part III: Typhoon Doris, 1953"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801201029/https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/the-6-lost-hurricane-hunter-missions-part-iii-typhoon-doris-1953.html |date=2020-08-01 }} Weather Underground Retrieved: 3 April 2020.

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