Storm history › West Pacific › 1948 season
Typhoon Karen (1948)
Karen was a Category 4 typhoon of the 1948 West Pacific season. It was tracked from January 11, 1948 to January 19, 1948, about 9 days, and covered 2,391 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 150 mph (240 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 150 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 4 typhoon
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 2,391 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 20.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 259th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Yinxing (2024), Typhoon Usagi (2024), Typhoon Doksuri (2023) and 68 more.
- Energy: 10% of the 1948 West Pacific season's ACE.