Storm history › West Pacific › 1969 season
Typhoon Betty (1969)
Betty was a Category 1 typhoon of the 1969 West Pacific season. It was tracked from August 4, 1969 to August 11, 1969, about 7 days, and covered 2,489 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 960 mb.
Its closest pass to a major city was 11 miles from Ningde, China.
- Peak wind
- 80 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 typhoon
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 2,489 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.6
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Closest pass to major cities
| City | Closest pass |
|---|---|
| Ningde, China | 11 mi (18 km) |
| Yueyang, China | 13 mi (20 km) |
| Nanping, China | 17 mi (28 km) |
| Xinyu, China | 28 mi (44 km) |
| Fuzhou, China | 28 mi (45 km) |
| Taipei, Taiwan | 31 mi (51 km) |
| Fuzhou, China | 32 mi (52 km) |
How it compares
- Peak winds: 1149th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Dujuan (2026), Typhoon Co-May (2025), Typhoon Maria (2024) and 74 more.
- Lowest pressure: 728th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Typhoon Prapiroon (2018), Typhoon Doksuri (2017), Tropical Storm Man-Yi (2013) and 65 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1969 West Pacific season's ACE.