1946 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	March 27 – April 7
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 965 hPa (mbar)

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

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	May 11 – May 17
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 973 hPa (mbar)

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

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	June 17 – June 23
Peak intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min); 942 hPa (mbar)

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 Taiwan and made landfall on China's shoreline. It dissipated hours after on June 23.

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 23 – June 25
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min); 986 hPa (mbar)

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 (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	June 30 – July 2
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min); 971 hPa (mbar)

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

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 8 – July 12
Peak intensity	120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min); 980 hPa (mbar)

A tropical storm was first noted in weather maps on July 8, near Palau. Moving to the northwest, it strengthened to a minimal typhoon before it hit Formosa as a weakening storm. It then crossed the Formosa Strait, before making another landfall near Xiamen on July 12. It was last noted on the same day.

The damages and deaths, if any, were unknown.

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 12 – July 20
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min); 944 hPa (mbar)

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 (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 23 – July 31
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 946 hPa (mbar)

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 Japan. Janie traveled over the island and dissipated near Russia's coast on July 31.

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	August 10 – August 21
Peak intensity	230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min); 927 hPa (mbar)

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 Japan's shoreline as a category two before striking Korea as a moderate tropical storm. Lilly dissipated on August 21, after eleven days of traveling in the western Pacific Ocean.

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 7 – September 14
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 962 hPa (mbar)

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 (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 8 – September 19
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min); 935 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Priscilla is a Category 3 typhoon that went out to sea during 1946.

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 18 – September 27
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min); 937 hPa (mbar)

On September 25, the typhoon passed over southern Taiwan with a minimum pressure of 937 millibars (27.7 inHg), producing wind gusts of 198 km/h (123 mph). Across the island, Querida destroyed 373,748 houses, killed 154 people, and injured another 618. The storm also wrecked 564,263 ha (1,394,320 acres) of crops and forestry, killing 28,448 animals.[3]