1948 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	January 11 – January 19
Peak intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min); 936 hPa (27.64 inHg) hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Karen, one of the earliest recorded super typhoons, developed on January 11, well west of the Philippines. It curved westward while slowly intensifying. After a prolonged period of slow intensification, the tropical cyclone began to rapidly strengthen. It became a super typhoon on January 16. Shortly after, it weakened and dissipated on January 19.

It struck Yap on January 14, damaging and destroying establishments and houses on the island.[3] It also wrecked the roofs of some U.S. warehouses and buildings, and downed power lines.[3] A food warehouse were washed out; however, some food supplies survived.[3]

After the typhoon, the navy transported some relief supplies to the populated island.[3] No deaths were reported.[3]

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	May 16 – May 20
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 971 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Lana, the second system of the season, formed on May 16, west of the Philippines. It moved to the north-northeast while intensifying, reaching its peak intensity somewhere on May 18 and 19. It then weakened, until it was last noted on May 20 as it merged with a cold front.

Warnings were issued for Yap, Palau, Guam and Ulithi in preparations for the storm.[4] All ships in these islands were instructed to escape to Sangley Point due to the approaching typhoon.[5]

A plane in Guam encountered the strength of the typhoon; however, it escaped its fury.[5] Eighteen individuals were reported dead in Yap when their canoe sank during the storm.[5] The damage, however, was minimal.[5]

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 10 – June 11
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min); 991 hPa (mbar)

Ophelia formed on June 10 in the South China Sea. It moved west and struck southern China. It dissipated the next day, without attaining maximum sustained winds any higher than 45 miles per hour (72 km/h).

Typhoon (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 10 – August 14
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min); 990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Dolores was tracked by the Air Weather Service located on Guam. At one point, a tropical storm was identified and assigned the name Eunice. Post analysis showed that Tropical Storm Dolores was north of the forecast location and was synonymous with the system assigned Eunice.[6]

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 11 – September 17
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min); 925 hPa (mbar)

A Tropical Storm formed on September 11 and soon turned toward Japan as it gained strength. Ione soon reached category 4 intensity on September 14. Ione then began to lose strength and became a category 1 on September 16. Then, Ione struck Japan in that day killing 838 people.[7] Ione further weakened and became a Tropical Storm on the 17th. Ione then dissipated.

Between 23 July and 4 August, the name Annabell was assigned to a North West Pacific system. The Air Weather Service issued a bulletin issued and tropical cyclone named on what was later determined to be "trough activity"