Storm history › West Pacific › 1959 season
Tropical Storm Opal / Ruth (1959)
Opal / Ruth was a tropical storm of the 1959 West Pacific season. It was tracked from September 5, 1959 to September 6, 1959, about 1 day, and covered 184 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 40 mph (65 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 40 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 1 day
- Track length
- 184 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1952nd highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Nangka (2026), Tropical Storm Bailu (2025), Tropical Storm Jongdari (2024) and 74 more.
- Energy: 0% of the 1959 West Pacific season's ACE.