Storm history › West Pacific › 1963 season
Typhoon Kit (1963)
Kit was a Category 4 typhoon of the 1963 West Pacific season. It was tracked from October 3, 1963 to October 14, 1963, about 11 days, and covered 4,721 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 930 mb.
- Peak wind
- 155 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb
- Strongest
- Category 4 typhoon
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 4,721 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 25.7
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 214th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Krathon (2024), Typhoon Nanmadol (2022), Typhoon Haishen (2020) and 40 more.
- Lowest pressure: 334th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Typhoon Maysak (2020), Typhoon Damrey (2000), Typhoon Bart (1999) and 37 more.
- Energy: 7% of the 1963 West Pacific season's ACE.