The 1946 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in

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, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern

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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

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. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the

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are called hurricanes; see 1946 Pacific hurricane season. At the time, tropical storms that formed within this region of the western Pacific were identified and named by the United States Armed Services, and these names are taken from the list that USAS publicly adopted before the 1945 season started.

Storms

Typhoon Barbara

Typhoon Barbara formed on March 27, and moved west. It strengthened briefly to a category 3 with 115 mph winds. But shortly after, it began to weaken. Typhoon Barbara curved northward and then westward, in turn hitting the

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as a category 1. After making landfall, it curved back to the east and continued to weaken until April 7, when it dissipated.

Typhoon Charlotte

Charlotte formed in the open Pacific on May 11. It then dissipated on May 17.

Typhoon Dolly

On June 17, Typhoon Dolly formed. It moved northwestward, only to strengthen. After passing by the Philippines, it reached its maximum intensity of 125 mph, a strong major hurricane. It rounded around

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and made landfall on

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's shoreline. It dissipated hours after on June 23.

Tropical Storm Elinor

Elinor formed near Northern Luzon on June 23. However, due to the interaction with nearby Dolly, it didn't strengthened further and it dissipated on June 25.

Typhoon Ginny

Ginny formed on June 30 in the open western Pacific. It then moved to the north, weakening and dissipated on July 2. No landmasses were affected.

Early-July Typhoon

A tropical storm was first noted in weather maps on July 8, near

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. Moving to the northwest, it strengthened to a minimal typhoon before it hit

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as a weakening storm. It then crossed the

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, before making another landfall near

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on July 12. It was last noted on the same day. The damages and deaths, if any, were unknown.

Typhoon Ingrid

Tropical Storm Ingrid formed July 12, immediately moving west. After strengthening, it briefly became a category four on July 15. It weakened to a category two and struck the northern part of the Philippines. Ingrid retained its strength until it hit Hong Kong and Macau. Right after it made landfall immediately to the west of Macau, it moved north and dissipated on July 20.

Typhoon Janie

Janie formed on July 23. It moved northwest and then curved west. It was then that she became a major hurricane with 115 mph winds. After heading westward for a while, Janie began curving the opposite direction. But that was short-lived; it began moving northwest and struck southern

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. Janie traveled over the island and dissipated near

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s coast on July 31.

Typhoon Lilly

On August 10, a disturbance managed to organize itself enough to be designated Tropical Storm Lilly. It moved in a generally northwest direction while intensifying at a moderate pace-becoming Typhoon Lilly shortly after its formation. Before Lilly moved over cold waters, it attained a peak intensity of 145 mph. It narrowly missed

's shoreline as a category two before striking

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as a moderate tropical storm. Lilly dissipated on August 21, after eleven days of traveling in the western Pacific Ocean.

Typhoon Maggie

Early September Typhoon

Typhoon Opal

Typhoon Opal is a Tropical Cyclone that formed in the Western Pacific in 1946. It reached category 3 status and struck The Philippines and China.

Typhoon Priscilla

Typhoon Priscilla was a Category 3 typhoon that stayed out at sea.

Typhoon Querida

On September 25, the typhoon passed over southern Taiwan with a minimum pressure of , producing wind gusts of . Across the island, Querida destroyed 373,748 houses, killed 154 people, and injured another 618. The storm also wrecked of crops and forestry, killing 28,448 animals.

Storms

Typhoon Barbara

Typhoon Charlotte

Typhoon Dolly

Tropical Storm Elinor

Typhoon Ginny

Early-July Typhoon

Typhoon Ingrid

Typhoon Janie

Typhoon Lilly

Typhoon Maggie

Early September Typhoon

Typhoon Opal

Typhoon Priscilla

Typhoon Querida

Early October Philippine Typhoon

Mid October Typhoon

Typhoon Alma

Typhoon Betty

Typhoon Dianne

Storm names

See also

References

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