Storm history › West Pacific › 1951 season
Typhoon Babs (1951)
Babs was a Category 3 typhoon of the 1951 West Pacific season. It was tracked from December 10, 1951 to December 17, 1951, about 7 days, and covered 4,647 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb
- Strongest
- Category 3 typhoon
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 4,647 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 9.2
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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.
- Lowest pressure: 1141st lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Peipah (2025), Typhoon Conson (2021), Typhoon Mekkhala (2020) and 115 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1951 West Pacific season's ACE.