1959 Pacific Typhoon Season - 1959 Storm Names

1959 Storm Names

  • Agnes
  • Bess
  • Carmen
  • Della
  • Elaine
  • Faye
  • Gloria
  • Hester
  • Irma
  • Judy
  • Kit
  • Lola
  • Mamie
  • Nina
  • Ophelia
  • Phyllis
  • Rita
  • Susan
  • Tess
  • Viola
  • Winnie
  • Alice
  • Betty
  • Cora
  • Doris
  • Elsie
  • Flossie
  • Grace
  • Helen
  • Ida
  • June
  • Kathy
  • Lorna
  • Marie
  • Nancy
  • Olga
  • Pamela
  • Ruby 2W
  • Sally 3W
  • Tilda 4W
  • Violet 5W
  • Wilda 6W
  • Anita 7W
  • Billie 8W
  • Clara
  • Dot 6C
  • Ellen 12W
  • Fran 13W
  • Georgia 14W
  • Hope 15W
  • Iris 18W
  • Joan 21W
  • Kate 20W
  • Louise 22W
  • Marge
  • Nora 26W
  • Opal 27W
  • Patsy 29W
  • Ruth 31W
  • Sarah 33W
  • Thelma 36W
  • Vera 39W
  • Wanda 13C
  • Amy 40W
  • Babs 41W
  • Charlotte 42W
  • Dinah 43W
  • Emma 46W
  • Freda 48W
  • Gilda 56W
  • Harriet 58W
  • Ivy
  • Jean
  • Karen
  • Lucille
  • Mary
  • Nadine
  • Olive
  • Polly
  • Rose
  • Shirley
  • Trix
  • Virginia
  • Wendy

Two Central Pacific storms developed and were named Dot and Wanda. The policy at the time was to use the Western Pacific nomenclature for the basin.

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