Storm history › West Pacific › 1946 season
Typhoon Janie (1946)
Janie was a Category 3 typhoon of the 1946 West Pacific season. It was tracked from July 23, 1946 to July 31, 1946, about 9 days, and covered 2,418 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
Its closest pass to a major city was 1 miles from Matsuyama, Japan.
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 3 typhoon
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 2,418 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 21.7
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Closest pass to major cities
| City | Closest pass |
|---|---|
| Matsuyama, Japan | 1 mi (1 km) |
| Fukuyama, Japan | 13 mi (22 km) |
| Shinagawa, Japan | 20 mi (32 km) |
| Kagoshima, Japan | 26 mi (42 km) |
| Hiroshima, Japan | 33 mi (53 km) |
| Kurashiki, Japan | 33 mi (54 km) |
| Ōita, Japan | 35 mi (57 km) |
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.
- Energy: 8% of the 1946 West Pacific season's ACE.