Storm history › West Pacific › 1948 season
Typhoon Martha (1948)
Martha was a Category 3 typhoon of the 1948 West Pacific season. It was tracked from October 4, 1948 to October 8, 1948, about 5 days, and covered 1,746 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 3 typhoon
- Duration
- 5 days
- Track length
- 1,746 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 12.8
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 624th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Vongfong (2020), Typhoon Bavi (2020), Typhoon Krosa (2019) and 100 more.
- Energy: 6% of the 1948 West Pacific season's ACE.