1870s Pacific typhoon seasons

This article encompasses the 1870s Pacific typhoon seasons. While data is not available for every storm that occurred, some parts of the coastline were populated enough to give data of typhoon occurrences.

Pacific typhoon seasons

1870 season

There were 8 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1870, 6 of which were typhoons.[1]

1871 season

There were 7 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1871, 5 of which were typhoons. In March, 11 people died when a typhoon wrecked their boat.[1]

1872 season

There were 4 tropical cyclones in the Philippines in 1872, 2 of which were typhoons.[1] In August 1872, a typhoon struck Guam.[2]

1873 season

There were 6 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1873, 4 of which were typhoons. A typhoon in October killed at least 200 people in the Philippines.[1]

1874 season

There were 8 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1874, 6 of which were typhoons.[1]

The 1874 Hong Kong typhoon hit Hong Kong during the night of Tuesday 22 September and the morning of Wednesday 23 September 1874. It killed about 10,000 people.[3] A typhoon struck Ailinglaplap in the Marshall Islands, killing more than 300 people.[2]

1875 season

There were 6 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1875, 4 of which were typhoons. A typhoon in December killed four people in the Philippines.[1]

1876 season

There were two typhoons in the western Pacific in 1876. One of them struck the Philippines in November, killing 150 people.[1]

1877 season

There were at least one tropical cyclone in the western Pacific in 1877.[1]

1878 season

There were 4 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1878, 3 of which were typhoons.[1]

1879 season

There were 9 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1879, 8 of which were typhoons.[1]

References
  1. R. García-Herrera; P. Ribera; E. Hernández; L. Gimeno (2010). The Selga Chronology Part I: 1348-1900. Typhoons in the Philippine Islands 1566–1900 (Report). JGR - Atmospheres. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  2. "(PDF) Typhoons in Micronesia. A history of tropical cyclones and their effects until 1914". researchgate.net. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. https://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/188774/2/Content.pdf?accept=1
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