1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Georgia
Georgia curved to the northeast and slowly weakened during April 21, by the end of the day, the eye was beginning to come apart. During the morning of April 22, surface winds were reported at only 90 mph (145 km/h) and sustained winds soon followed. The cold waters continued to take its toll on the system, becoming a minimal Category 1 typhoon by the evening with no well-defined eye. On the morning of April 23, Georgia weakened into a tropical storm and slowly weakened during the day as it began a transition into an extratropical cyclone. On the morning of April 24, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased following the storm as it had become extratropical with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Georgia
The extratropical remnants of Georgia continued northward east of the coast of Japan. On April 26, the extratropical remnants passed to the southeast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. During the day, the system curved once again, turning westward before another curve to the south. During the day on April 27, the system returned to its northeastern pattern before dissipating on April 29, southeast of the peninsula.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Georgia
In its wake, the predecessor system to Typhoon Georgia left 9.85 in (250 mm) in rainfall over Yap Island, where no damage was recorded. Reported damages caused by Typhoon Georgia were limited. The only report was a ship and its cargo in the Pacific suffered $28,000 in damages (1962 USD).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hope
A surge from the easterlies came in contact with a polar trough on May 13, creating an easterly wave which began developing in the afternoon near the island of Koror. The wave progressed northwestward away from the island and continued developing over the next few days. On May 16, the wave was upgraded to a tropical storm, the third of the season off the coast of the Philippines with winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). The storm, named Hope, continued northwestward, peaking first at 60 mph (90 km/h) before striking several islands over the Philippines.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hope
While over land, Tropical Storm Hope weakened to a minimal tropical storm on May 17 and into a tropical depression with no circulation later that day. The storm remained a tropical depression over the day, crossing the eastern island of the Philippines. Tropical Depression Hope left the island and began to strengthen back into a minimal tropical storm by May 18. However, the storm interacted with land once more and weakened back into a tropical depression on May 18.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hope
After leaving the Philippines for the final time, the depression began to develop, becoming a tropical storm for the third time since May 16 and developing a small eye. As Tropical Storm Hope turned further northeast, the eye expanded and the storm was soon declared a typhoon by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center late evening on May 19. The next day, Hope continued to strengthen and develop, and while just south of Okinawa on May 20, peaked at 90 mph (140 km/h) sustained winds.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hope
(Operationally, Typhoon Hope was declared a 100 mph (170 km/h), Category 2 typhoon, but this was demoted in post-analysis.) An internal pressure of 980 millibars was recorded within a 30 miles (48 km) wide eye. Hope began to encounter cold air near Okinawa, Japan, weakening rapidly from a typhoon to a tropical storm on May 21. Hope's eye fell apart and started to begin transition to its extratropical stage. On the morning of May 22, Hope's sustained winds fell below tropical storm stage and the system became a tropical depression. By the afternoon, Hope was declared extratropical and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased following the system.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hope
The extratropical remnants of Typhoon Hope continued northeastward towards the coast of Japan on May 23. The system turned just offshore and paralleled the eastern coast for several days. After May 24,  the system begins to leave the Japanese coast in favor of the open Pacific Ocean but made a dart to the north towards the Kuril Islands on May 26. The remains turned once again to the northeast, paralleling the Kamchatka Peninsula for the next day. The storm turned offshore again on May 27 and disappeared near the Aleutian Islands on May 28.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Twenty-One
The 21st tropical wave of the 1962 season formed on May 21 in the open South China Sea, east of the Philippines. The systems strengthened into a tropical depression moved to the southeast toward southwestern South Vietnam. However, the depression returned to its northern progression on May 22 and dissipated on the same day without threatening land.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Iris
A tropical  wave, the 22nd of the 1962 season, forming on May 26 met a polar trough northeast of the island of Koror. This fracture caused the wave to begin developing during the early morning hours. The system rapidly intensified and became the fourth tropical depression of the season on the same afternoon. Rapid intensification occurred and within six hours, the depression became Tropical Storm Iris on May 26 just east of the Philippines. The eye of Iris began to define itself, as operationally winds reached 75 mph (120 km/h) on May 27, which would classify the system a typhoon.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Iris
However, in post-analysis, Iris was never able to strengthen into a typhoon, peaking at winds of 70 mph (115 km/h) off the Philippine coast. A minimum central pressure was read of 990 millibars within the storm. Iris paralleled the shore for several hours, beginning a rapid weakening process, falling to a minimal tropical storm with winds of only 40 mph (60 km/h) by the end of the day.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Iris
During the morning of May 28, Iris began to suffer from its lack of upper-level divergence and as a result was demoted into a tropical depression. The weakening system persisted two more days off the coast and dissipated on the morning of May 30. The dissipating remains of the Iris persisted for another day off the Philippines, dissipating southeast of Taiwan on May 31.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Iris
Reported impact from Iris in the Philippines were five deaths reported and no estimated damage to crops on the islands.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Joan
Another easterly wave formed off to the northeast of the Philippines on the afternoon of July 6 after reaching a polar trough. The system quickly organized itself, strengthening into a tropical storm on the morning of July 7. Named Joan, the storm curved to the northwest through the Pacific, rapidly intensfying into a typhoon by the next day. The storm reached a peak sustained windspeed of 90 mph (150 km/h) just to the southeast of the island of Okinawa. The minimum pressure for the storm was registered at 985 millibars (29.09 inHg).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Joan
After passing Okinawa on July 9, the forward speed in Typhoon Joan increased and the storm began to weaken. The storm boasted an unorganized, elliptical eye as it soon fell to a minimal hurricane that afternoon. On the evening of July 9, the now-Tropical Storm Joan passed due east of Shanghai, China before turning to the northeast on the morning of July 10. With only sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h), the system struck the shore of South Korea on the afternoon of July 10. The storm continued weakening as it crossed the 38th parallel and entered North Korea, falling to a minimal tropical storm over land. After emerging from North Korea, the storm raced to the northeast before experiencing cold air and become extratropical on the morning of July 11.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Joan
After becoming extratropical, the remains of Joan continued northeastward, curving along the coast of China. The system soon left China and entered the waters of the Soviet Union July 12, soon making landfall on the island of Ostrov Sakhalin. After crossing the island, the system entered the Sea of Okhotsk, where it turned northward towards mainland Siberia. During the day of July 14, the system made landfall near the city of Magadan and crossed the Arctic Circle. Tracking of the system ceased just north of Magadan on the morning of July 15.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Joan
Reported damage from Typhoon Joan was minimal in the Koreas, with estimates of only $500,000 (1962 USD ($3.68 million in 2011 USD)). This damage total was estimated from damage to crops in the country and to the communications infrastructure.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Thirty-Nine
A tropical system formed on July 7 north of the island of Koror. The system strengthened into a tropical depression the next day when the first advisory was released. The depression continuously changed directions, once on the 8th to the northwest, again the next day to the southwest and the final one on the 10th to the northwest again. The tropical depression continued to the northwest, but degenerated into a remnant low on the morning of July 12. The remnants continued moving away, dissipating on July 15.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Thirty-Nine
The depression never made landfall, so no damage or fatalities were reported.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Forty-One
As Typhoon Joan was weakening, a new tropical system formed in the South China Sea on the afternoon of July 10. The system strengthened while moving west, becoming Tropical Depression Forty-One the same day. The depression continued moving west at a rapid pace, passing Hainan Island and made landfall in southern North Vietnam on July 11. The depression dissipated over land late that evening.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Forty-One
Damage and fatalities in Vietnam from the depression are unavailable.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kate
Another surge from the easterlies, combined with the forty-fourth tropical wave of the season, began to develop off the east coast of Luzon in the Philippines on the morning of July 18. At the time, the tropical wave had winds of 15 mph (25 km/h) on its surface. The wave rapidly intensified during the morning and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upped the system to a tropical depression the same afternoon. The next morning the system was upgraded to a tropical storm and received the name Kate.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kate
The new storm had a small, open eyewall which expanded during the day as the storm slowly intensified through and by the late morning of July 20, the storm became a typhoon with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). That morning, the eye had only a 12-mile (19 km) diameter and had similar surface winds. During the afternoon, the storm made a curve to the southwest from its track and looped back northward. By the morning of July 21, the storm began a northeastern turn towards Taiwan.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kate
The typhoon continued to intensify, maintaining typhoon status during the day and reaching a peak sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) on the morning of July 22. Central pressures were recorded at a minimum of 970 millibars at peak as well. (Operationally, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center had Kate peaking at sustained winds of 100 mph (160 km/h), making it a Category 2 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, however this was demoted in post-analysis.)


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kate
As Kate approached Taiwan, the storm weakened, making landfall on the afternoon of July 22 near Taitung City with sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). The storm crossed the island over the afternoon, weakening into a tropical storm by the afternoon. After emerging from Taiwan, Tropical Storm Kate turned to the northwest and made landfall once again near Wenzhou on July 23 with sustained winds of 60 mph (100 km/h). The interaction with land cause quick dissipation of the storm over mainland China, and the warning center ceased following the storm on the morning of July 24. The remains of Kate continued on for a short distance, crossing through China over the next day and into Mongolia before dissipating on July 25.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kate
The damage left behind from Typhoon Kate were extensive as the storm  killed 110 residents and caused $25 million (1962 USD ($184 million in 2011 USD)) in damages to crops, homes and infrastructure.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Louise
A tropical system formed far to the northeast of Saipan in the early morning hours of July 19. The storm quickly strengthened northward through the open Pacific waters, and on the afternoon of July 20, was classified as a 50 mph (80 km/h) tropical storm named Louise. Louise continued moving to the north at about 10–11 mph. By the late evening on July 21, Louise had grown into a Category 1 typhoon, boasting winds of 75 mph (115 km/h) and a 200 square mile oval-shaped eye. At that point, Louise turned westward towards the southern end of Japan.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Louise
Operationally, Louise strengthened to winds of 90 mph (150 km/h), however, in best track, the storm had weakened to a tropical storm early on the 23rd. However, this remained its peak intensity. It restrengthened into a typhoon by the morning of July 24, crossing to the north of Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima before making landfall near Mount Zenjinomori on the morning of July 26 as a 70 mph (110 hm/h) tropical storm.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Louise
The storm began weakening over land, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased releasing advisories and aircraft on Louise, which had degenerated into a tropical depression near Osaka, Japan. The dissipating system continued to the northeast, crossing over Tokyo and re-entering the open Pacific Ocean waters on July 28. The system continued northeast towards the Kuril Islands before dissipating during the day on July 29.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Louise
Louise killed fifteen people and doing $7.5 million (1962 USD) ($56.1 million (2011 USD)) in damage to crops, homes and bridges in Japan.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Marge
A tropical wave formed in the open Pacific Ocean waters on July 25 and strengthened into Tropical Depression Forty-Seven on July 28 in an area of ocean north of Truk. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm and was given the name Marge. Marge peaked at a 45 mph (72 km/h), 1002 mbar weak tropical storm on July 28. Marge dissipated on the morning of July 29 near Guam and Saipan.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Marge
No damage or fatalities were reported, as Marge never made landfall.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nora
The system that would become Typhoon Nora developed on the morning of July 26 in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean east of Manila as a tropical wave from the westerlies. That morning, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center began issuing advisories on a tropical depression (designated Tropical Depression 46) with 25 mph (30 km/h) winds. After remaining practically stationary for three straight days off the coast of the Philippines, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Nora on the morning of July 29.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nora
The storm progressed to the northwest through the open waters, rapidly strengthening, and by the end of the day on July 29, Nora had strengthened to a 55 mph (90 km/h). Operationally, Nora became a typhoon with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h),  however, the best track for Nora has been updated for the change to have occurred six hours later in the waters east of Taiwan.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nora
Continuing northwest past Taiwan, Nora continued strengthening, peaking at max winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) on the morning of July 31. While at peak strength, Nora crossed west of the island of Okinawa, Japan. During the afternoon of August 1, Nora weakened in strength as it proceeded east of Shanghai, China. By the morning of August 2, Nora had weakened into a tropical storm, making an eastern turn towards the Koreas. On the afternoon of August 2, Nora made landfall near Incheon, South Korea with winds of 40 mph (60 km/h). Nora sped up while crossing over South Korea and into North Korea, crossing into the open waters, soon making landfall once again on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Just east of Hokkaido, ran over cold air in the open Pacific waters, becoming extratropical on August 4.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nora
The remnants of Nora proceeded northeast and north past the Kamchatka Peninsula, crossing into the Bering Sea near Semisopochnoi Island on August 5. The remnants made a northwestern turn towards Russia before turning north through the Sea. The system was last tracked south of the Bering Strait and just north of the Arctic Circle on August 6.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nora
Across the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido, heavy rains from the storm triggered widespread flooding that killed 15 people and left 14 others missing. $1 million (1962 USD) was recorded to homes, crops, railroads and highways along the areas affected by Nora.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
An easterly wave met with a polar trough just northwest of the island of Ponape. on the afternoon of July 28. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center began following the wave for the next day, as it headed westward, north of Truk. Slowly curving northeast from the island, the wave soon was upgraded to a tropical depression with winds of 30 mph (50 km/h) with no eye structure on July 30. The depression strengthened on the morning of July 31 to 35 mph (55 km/h) winds and persisted throughout the day at that strength.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
The depression continued its northwestern curve, speeding up and weakening once again to 30 mph (50 km/h) on the morning of August 1. After passing Woleai, the depression strengthened once again and became Tropical Storm Opal the same afternoon. The storm continued intensifying during the afternoon, with winds reaching 50 mph (85 km/h) by nightfall. By the next morning, Opal was upgraded into a typhoon, the eighth of the 1962 season. The typhoon, now northwest of the island of Ulithi, continued turning to the northwest, beginning to slow as the system continued strengthening.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
By nightfall, the system had an eye forming, wide as 5 miles (8.0 km). By nightfall, the system was up to winds of 90 mph (145 km/h) and passing far east of the Philippines. Opal continued the northwest progression, strengthening throughout the day of August 3 and forming a wider eye. By the end of the day, the storm was now a Category 3 typhoon with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). Strengthening continued overnight as the typhoon passed to the east of Luzon, strengthening close to super typhoon status by nightfall on August 4 with a shrinking eye.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
The next morning, Typhoon Opal strengthened into the second super typhoon of the season, boasting sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h). During the day on August 5, Opal continued strengthening, peaking with winds of 165 mph (270 km/h) just east of Taiwan. (Operationally, Opal was classified as a 170 mph (275 km/h) typhoon, but this was downgraded to a 165 mph (270 km/h) in post-analysis.) Minimum recorded central pressures for Opal were registered at 900 millibars. Soon after peaking, the storm struck the island of Taiwan with winds of 165 mph (270 km/h).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
The storm weakened over land to 135 mph (220 km/h) after crossing the island and continued weakening into a 90 mph (145 km/h) typhoon as it made landfall in mainland China. The typhoon continued to weaken over land, weakening into a tropical storm on the morning of August 6. Opal persisted as a tropical storm on August 6, weakening into a tropical depression the next morning. During the afternoon of August 7, with influences from land, the storm became extratropical. The extratropical remains of Opal crossed eastern mainland China, entering the East China Sea in the late evening.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
Early in the morning of August 8, the storm struck North Korea near the capital city of Pyongyang. After crossing the country, the system reappeared in the sea before crossing. On the morning of August 9, the system made landfall on the Hokkaido region of Japan, near the town of Rumoi. After crossing the island, the storm entered the Sea of Okhotsk on August 10. During the afternoon, the system crossed the Kuril Islands and began a parallel with the Kamchatka Peninsula the next day. On the morning of August 13, the system entered the Aleutian Islands, passing west of Semisopochnoi Island and the Rat Islands before entering the Bering Sea. The extratropical remains disappeared on August 14 in the middle of the sea, just south of the Arctic Circle.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
The impact of Typhoon Opal was most devastating in Taiwan, where originally 87 deaths were reported on the island, with 20 people missing and over 1400 injured. Some 5,000 people were homeless in Yilan City. Nearly 1,500 homes were destroyed as a result of Opal, along with 4,700 others damaged due to the high winds. Huge waves kicked up by Opel also sent a storm surge into the city, sweeping away homes. However, by August 8, this number was demoted to only 12 deaths on the island, 966 injured and five people missing.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
The 170 mph (275 km/h) strong winds took a freighter off its anchors and swamping it, along with a number of fishing boats. Although winds of 110 mph (180 km/h) were felt in Taipei, no fatalities were reported because of ample warning, causing residents to evacuate. In Taipei, Opal caused streets to flood, uprooted trees and tore down telephone lines. 38 injuries were also reported, with 35 houses destroyed. 180 were also damaged in Taipei. Elsewhere, Opal caused two deaths in the islands of Japan, centered on the island of Southern Hokkaido.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Opal
Nine people there were also injured and one person was reported missing. After Typhoon Opal passed through South Korea, seven fishermen were killed along the coast of the Yellow Sea. 72 more people were missing. Five ships were also sunk in the Yellow Sea, twelve more were reported missing. The estimated damage total came out to about $25 million. (1962 USD; $184 million (2011 USD)) These totals came in the form of crop, transportation, and structural damage.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Patsy
A surge from the westerlies entered the easterlies on the afternoon of August 5, east of the island of Yap. The forming system proceeded west, crossing over the island directly later that evening. Continuing to gain strength, the system became a tropical depression west of Yap on the morning of August 6 (designed Tropical Depression 51). The depression continued west through the open waters of the Pacific Ocean, reaching tropical storm strength on the afternoon of August 6, northwest of Koror. Now a tropical storm named Patsy, the cyclone continued east towards the Philippines, gaining strength in the open waters. The storm reached winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) before making landfall near Borongan on the evening of August 7. Patsy criss-crossed the islands of the Philippines, entering the South China Sea west of Manila the next morning.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Patsy
After crossing back into the open waters of the South China Sea, Patsy strengthened into a typhoon as it proceeded northwest, reaching a peak wind speed of 75 mph (120 km/h) with a minimum pressure of 990 mbar on the morning of August 9. Patsy retained typhoon status throughout the day, making landfall on Hainan near the city of Wenchang as a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h). Weakening as it crossed over China, the storm crossed along the southwestern shores of a nearby peninsula.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Patsy
Crossing through a gulf of the South China Sea, Patsy weakened to a 50 mph (85 km/h) tropical storm before the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased following the system on the morning of August 11, as it made landfall near the city of Dianbai Liaogang, China. The dissipating remnants of Patsy continued east through the gulf during the day of August 11, crossing back into mainland China and died over land on August 12.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Patsy
Patsy's heavy rain and flooding caused 29 casualties with more than 200 missing. Damage totaled out to $2.5 million (1962 USD) ($18.7 million (2011 USD)), including major infrastructural damage at the University of Santo Thomas and the shutting down of the Manila airport. The backlash from Patsy destroyed over 6,400 acres (26 km2) of rice, and damaged roads through Thailand. Patsy made landfall four times, three as a tropical system.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ruth
A surge from the westerlies and a cut-off low formed a new low-pressure system in the waters of the Pacific Ocean just north of Truk on August 11. The system proceeded northwest for two-days, passing northeast of Guam, where it strengthened on August 13 into a tropical storm with winds of 60 mph (90 km/h). The storm rapidly intensified as it bent northward, gaining typhoon strength in less than twelve hours, and making a direct hit with the island of Saipan on the morning of August 14.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ruth
Continuing to gain strength, Typhoon Ruth crossed northward past Saipan, becoming a Category 5 typhoon with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) on the afternoon of August 15. The typhoon soon turned towards the northwest and past near Iwo Jima as a 185 mph (295 km/h) typhoon on the evening of August 16.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ruth
Boasting a minimum pressure of 915 millibars, Typhoon Ruth held its peak strength of 185 mph (295 km/h) for twelve hours before weakening off the coast of Chichi Jima as a 160 mph (260 km/h), minimal Category 5 typhoon. Continuing northwest, the storm approached the coasts of Japan, slowly weakening over the next several days. On the morning of August 18, Typhoon Ruth made a turn to the northeast and crossed to the east of Tokyo.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ruth
Proceeding away from the coast of Japan, Ruth continued to weaken, becoming a Category 1 typhoon on the afternoon of August 20, bending northeast into the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. Ruth was one of three active systems on August 21 at the same time with Typhoon Thelma and Typhoon Sarah. After crossing the 155th meridian on August 22, Ruth weakened into a tropical storm as it experienced the effects of cold air. On the evening of August 22, the storm was deemed extratropical.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ruth
The extratropical remains of Tropical Storm Ruth continued east through the open waters of the Pacific Ocean, bending northeast just east of the International Date Line. Now proceeding north, the system crossed Semisopochnoi Island and entered the Bering Sea. The storm turned northeast again, crossed the Date Line before merging into a system in the sea, just south of the Arctic Circle.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sarah
The tropical wave that would develop into Typhoon Sarah formed southeast of the coast of Iwo Jima on the evening of August 8. The wave proceeded southwest across the open waters of the Pacific Ocean for several days, slowly gaining strength on August 14–15 south of Okinawa, Japan. On the morning of August 15, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center began following the storm, which had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h). Slowly gaining strength, the storm, now named Sarah, became a typhoon on that afternoon.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sarah
Sarah soon started making a loop on August 16 and August 17, peaking at winds of 85 mph (140 mp/h) and an internal pressure of 978 millibars. Soon crossing its former track on the afternoon of August 18, Sarah continued northward as a typhoon, striking islands to the east of Taiwan and west of Okinawa.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sarah
Experiencing cold air in the East China Sea, Sarah weakened slowly, weakening into a tropical storm on the afternoon of August 19. Bending northeast that day, the storm made landfall in the mainland of Japan near the city of Hioki on August 21 with wind speeds of 60 mph (90 km/h). The system gradually weakened as it crossed over Japan, experiencing the effects of cold air and land. On August 22, Sarah rapidly weakened into a tropical depression before re-entering the East China Sea near the city of Kami.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sarah
Running along the northern coast of Japan, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center stopped tracking the depression near the Noto Peninsula, as it became extratropical on the afternoon of August 22. The extratropical remnants of Sarah crossed the Noto Peninsula and over mainland Japan once again, proceeding northeast through the Pacific Ocean on August 23. The remains turned northward towards the Aleutian Islands,  before dying south of the islands on August 25, just north of the 50th degree latitude


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Thelma
A fractured portion of a surge from the westerlies became a tropical wave on August 20, just to the northeast of Saipan at the 150th meridian. The wave proceeded northwest, gaining strength and became a tropical storm on the morning of August 21. Named Thelma, the storm rapidly intensified north of Saipan, reaching winds of 70 mph (110 km/h). Operationally, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center found winds of 75 mp/h (120 km/h) and originally declared it a typhoon on the afternoon of August 21. The storm quickly weakened back to winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) before strengthening as Thelma neared the island of Iwo Jima. On the evening of August 22, south of Iwo Jima, the storm intensified into a typhoon, boasting winds of 90 mph (150 km/h).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Thelma
Bending northwest and avoiding a direct hit with Iwo Jima, Thelma continued to rapidly strengthen, reaching an original peak of 125 mph (200 km/h) just west of the island on August 23. Making a bend towards the north, Thelma began weakening once again, reaching winds as low as 105 mph (170 km/h)  west of Chichi Jima. Thelma began strengthening again on August 24, operationally reaching peak winds of 140 mph (220 km/h). However, in reanalysis, the system was dropped to winds of 135 mph (215 km/h). Crossing north, the storm approached the coast of Japan on August 25. Winds began to diminish as the storm was influenced by land, making landfall near Owase as a 105 mph (170 km/h) typhoon. The storm rapidly weakened as it crossed north across Japan, crossing into waters near Komatsu on August 26.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Thelma
Experiencing the effects of cold air, Thelma bent northeast as a weakening tropical storm, crossing the northern end of the Japanese mainland near Goshogawara as a tropical depression on August 27. After re-entering waters, the storm lost tropical characteristics and became extratropical near Mount Apoi. The extratropical remains of Thelma wandered the open waters of the Pacific Ocean for several days, proceeding northeast through the water and into the Aleutian Islands, crossing over Little Sitkin Island. The system crossed into the Bering Sea, crossing the International Date Line on September 1. The system was lost just after crossing the Date Line.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Vera
A wave and a polar trough fractured to the southeast of Okinawa, Japan on the morning of August 23. The system slowly gained strength, forming into Tropical Storm Vera on the morning of August 25, a short distance to the northeast of the fractured trough. The storm continued northeast, becoming a typhoon that afternoon. Just after reaching typhoon strength, Vera bent northwest past Okinawa, strengthening to a peak of 80 mph (130 km/h) and an internal pressure of 983 millibars. Operationally, the peak of Vera was classified as 85 mph (140 km/h) on August 26. The storm only retained typhoon winds for 18 hours, weakening into a tropical storm on the morning of August 27. Passing east of Okinawa, Vera approached land, making landfall near Kagoshima on the afternoon of August 27, boasting winds of 60 mph (90 km/h).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Vera
Vera weakened rapidly over land, becoming a tropical depression within six hours of landfall, bending northeast over land. After crossing the southwestern end of Japan, the storm dissipated over land near Kudamatsu on the morning of August 28.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wanda
The precursor easterly tropical wave that became Typhoon Wanda originated in the Southern Hemisphere, developing off the coast of Pohnpei (then-spelled Ponape) on the morning of August 23. The wave proceeded northwest for several days, passing south of Ponape, and north of Truk. The system continued past Guam and Yap before intensifying into a tropical depression on the afternoon of August 27. The depression continued northeast, and within six hours, became Tropical Storm Wanda, boasting winds of 40 mph (60 mph). Crossing far east of the coast of the Philippines, Wanda gradually strengthened as it proceeded northwest. On the morning of August 29, the storm gained typhoon strength, just north of Luzon. The storm continued to strengthen, passing south of Taiwan before peaking as a 110 mph (175 km/h) typhoon off the coast of Hong Kong on August 31.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wanda
Boasting a minimum pressure of 949 millibars, Wanda continued eastward through the South China Sea, making landfall near Hong Kong as a typhoon with winds of 100 mph (165 km/h) on the morning of September 1. After crossing onto land, Wanda weakened considerably, becoming a tropical depression within 18 hours. The storm dissipated over land west of Macau on the evening of September 1. However, the remains of Wanda crossed through the southern parts of China on September 1 and 2 before crossing back into the open waters of the South China Sea on September 3. The remains turned east and made landfall on Hainan near Lingao on September 4. The remains of Wanda dissipated over Hainan that day.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wanda
Wanda was responsible for 434 fatalities, with millions of damage occurring. Storm surge was significant in Hong Kong and the water level was 17'9" above chart datum in some places. Maximum hourly mean wind and instantaneous minimum pressure at the Royal Observatory were 68 knots (133 km/h) and 953 mbar. Neither record has been surpassed since then. Wanda is considered the second worst typhoon in the recorded history of Hong Kong (second only to the catastrophic typhoon of July 29, 1896. Wanda also created the record of being the last of three typhoons to have caused sustained hurricane winds in Hong Kong in three consecutive years (after Typhoon Mary of 1960 and Typhoon Alice of 1961).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Amy
The precursor to Typhoon Amy formed on August 27 northwest of Truk as a surge from the westerlies. The system rapidly gained strength in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean, gaining enough winds to be declared a tropical depression on the morning of August 29. The depression rapidly intensified, becoming a tropical storm within six hours. Now named Amy, the cyclone bent northeast around Saipan with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h). After passing Saipan, Amy strengthened into a typhoon during the afternoon of August 30.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Amy
Continuing to rapidly strengthen over water, Amy reached its peak wind speed of 160 mph (260 km/h) on evening of September 1, far to the northeast of the Philippines. After peaking with a pressure of 935 millibars, the typhoon weakened back to 155 mph (255 km/h) and soon 150 mph (250 km/h), which it sustained for several days.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Amy
Crossing to the northeast of Luzon, Amy maintained strength, rapidly approaching the island of Taiwan on September 4. The storm slowly weakened to a 115 mph (185 km/h) typhoon off the coast of Taiwan, making landfall on September 5 near the city of Yilan City. Amy weakened over land slightly before making landfall near Fuzhou later that day. Amy crossed over mainland China for several days, slowly weakening into a minimal tropical storm before crossing back into the waters of the East China Sea near Yancheng.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Amy
Amy strengthened back to winds of 45 mph (65 km/h) before weakening into a tropical depression off the coast of South Korea. The depression made landfall near Incheon on September 7, weakening over land. After crossing out into open waters, the remains of Amy became extratropical on September 8, affected by the cold air.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Amy
The extratropical remains of Amy continued northeast along the North Korean and Chinese mainlands, crossing the island of Sakhalin on September 9. The remains of Amy were lost off the eastern coast of Sakhalin on September 10, west of the Kamchatka Peninsula.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Amy
Amy's flooding killed 24 people, with millions of dollars in damage (1962 USD) to crops, power, communication lines and buildings.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Sixty-Four
An easterly tropical wave formed off northwest of Woleai Atoll and Buoy 317 (off the coast of Woleai) on September 3. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded the wave that same day into Tropical Depression Sixty-Four. The depression progressed to the northeast, passing to the south of Ulithi six hours after formation. The depression continued, passing to the south of Yap, an island near Ulithi. It then began to straighten its progression, dissipating north of the island of Koror at about 135°W longitude. Once the depression dissipated, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased tracking the depression, never making landfall with any landmass in the Pacific Ocean.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Sixty-Six
Like most of the tropical cyclones of the season, the sixty-sixth formed on September 11, around where Tropical Depression Fifty-Five had formed earlier in the season. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center began following the disturbance, which was out in the open Pacific Ocean. The disturbance was upgraded into a tropical depression on September 12. The depression progressed westward, with the Japan Meteorological Agency following suit as a tropical depression. As the depression became to make a curve towards Japan, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased tracking the depression.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Sixty-Six
However, the Japan Meteorological Agency continued following the strengthening depression. The depression, beginning to parallel the coast of Japan, strengthened into a tropical storm on September 15. The depression peaked in intensity with a pressure of 1002 mbar (29.58 inHg) on the same day, at its closest proximity to Japan. The storm weakened into a tropical depression on September 16, and started to make a curve to the northeast. The depression moved away from the coast of Japan and began its track out into the Pacific on September 17. The Japan Meteorological Agency ceased following the system that day, located off the Kuril Islands of the Soviet Union. During its entire lifetime, the depression never made landfall.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Babe
The sixty-seventh tropical wave of the 1962 season formed on September 11 over several islands in the Philippines. Tracked by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the wave began progressing westward, passing over the tip of an island in the South China Sea. On September 13, about midway between South Vietnam and the Philippines, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded the system to Tropical Depression Sixty-Seven. There, the depression made a curve to the northwest, starting a progression in that direction. The depression continued for another two days out into the South China Sea, where the storm was upgraded to Tropical Storm Babe.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Babe
Tropical Storm Babe continued to the northwest, making its way towards the coast of South Vietnam. On September 15, Tropical Storm Babe passed to the south of Hainan, an island claimed as part of China. The storm peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) winds on the same day, with a minimal pressure of 995 millibars of Mercury). On September 16, Tropical Storm Babe made landfall in the northern part of the South Vietnam coast. The depression then crossed the country, weakening into a tropical depression on September 17, crossing over the country of Laos. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased following the system just after it left Laos.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Babe
The weakening system tracked into Cambodia, where it lasted for another day or so. On the evening of September 18, the Agency stopped following the weakening system, as it began to leave Cambodia and into the nearby country of Thailand.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Sixty-Eight
The sixty-eighth easterly tropical wave of the 1962 season formed on September 22 a couple of hundred miles off the coast of the Philippines. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center then upgraded the wave into Tropical Depression Sixty-Eight that day. The depression made a curve to the southwest, turning to the northwest just a few hours later. After starting a northwest progression, Tropical Depression Sixty-Eight began running along the eastern coast of the Philippines. The depression eventually switched to a straightened, westward progression, as the cyclone neared landfall. On the afternoon of September 24, Tropical Depression Sixty-Eight made landfall on the eastern shore of southern Luzon. The depression crossed the country, maintaining its strength.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Sixty-Eight
The depression crossed over the capital of the Philippines, Manila and in six hours after landfall, the depression had returned to water. The depression then began its northwestern progression once again, heading on a path towards China. However, Tropical Depression Sixty-Eight turned to the southwest and away from China. This progression did not last either. The system turned back to the northwest, heading towards North Vietnam. This progression remained stable, and the depression made landfall on September 26 in North Vietnam. Tropical Depression Sixty-Eight crossed over land, dissipating the next day nearing the Laos border.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Carla
The system that became Typhoon Carla can be traced to a surge from the westerlies that formed on September 13 between Guam and Koror. The system proceeded northwest for several days, slowly gaining strength. The system crossed over the Philippines near Luzon on September 18 and crossed into the South China Sea. In the open sea waters, the system strengthened, attaining tropical depression status on the morning of September 19, northwest of Manila. The depression continued northwest throughout the day, becoming Tropical Storm Carla on the morning of September 20, miles west of Luzon. After attaining tropical storm strength, Carla slowly gathered strength, approaching the island of Hainan. On the afternoon of September 21, Carla attained typhoon strength for six hours, reaching a peak winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Carla
After peaking, Carla immediately made landfall near Lingshui on the afternoon of September 21 with winds of 60 mph (90 km/h). After crossing over Hainan, Carla re-entered water and became a tropical storm with winds of 65 mph (105 km/h) on September 22. Later that day, Carla made landfall near Ninh Binh, North Vietnam with winds of 65 mph (105 km/h). Now over land, the storm void of moisture, weakened across Thailand, dissipating near the Laos-Thailand border on September 23.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Carla
No damage reports are available in association with Carla in Thailand, however at least 13 people were killed.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dinah
In a similar fashion to the origins of Typhoon Carla, a surge from the westerlies helped for the next storm of the season on the afternoon of September 24 near Guam. The system quickly intensified into a tropical depression on the morning of September 25 near Ulithi. Upon strengthening into a depression, the system slowed down significantly and stopped intensifying, stabilizing at winds of 35 mph from September 25–28. During this time, the depression turned northwest, strengthening into Tropical Storm Dinah on the morning of September 29. Wind speed and forward movement remained slow to strengthen with Dinah, as it bent northwest and west far from Iwo Jima. The storm, proceeding west through the Pacific Ocean, strengthened into a typhoon on the morning of September 30.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dinah
Winding west through the open waters of the Pacific, Dinah crossed south of Taiwan, peaking at winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) just south of the island on October 2. With a peak pressure of 953 millibars, Dinah continued east, weakening to winds of 105 mph (175 km/h) on October 3. That afternoon, Dinah made landfall near Hong Kong with winds of 105 mph (175 km/h). The storm weakened rapidly over land, becoming a tropical storm and soon depression. Dinah dissipated over mainland China on October 4. The remains of Dinah turned southeast across China, re-entering waters before crossing Hainan on October 5. That afternoon, the remains dissipated over Hainan.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Emma
A surge from the westerlies that moved into the easterlies helped spawn the system that would become Typhoon Emma on September 30 off the coast of Saipan. The system strengthened in a tropical storm on the afternoon of October 1, with sustained winds of 60 mph (90 km/h). The storm, named Emma, made a U-turn to the north just north of Saipan, avoiding direct impact with the island. Emma continued to slowly intensify, becoming a typhoon on the morning of October 2. The typhoon continued north through the open Pacific waters, rapidly intensifying. On the morning of October 5, Emma reached an operation peak intensity of 145 mph (225 km/h). However, in post-analysis, the peak was increased to 160 mph (260 km/h), with an internal pressure of 903 millibars.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Emma
After reaching its peak, Emma slowly weakened as it turned from a northern progression towards the east on October 5. Passing far to the east of Iwo Jima, Emma maintained winds for several days out in the open waters at 125 mph (195 km/h). On the morning of October 9, Emma weakened a slight, soon bending to the northeast. Beginning to be influenced by cold air, the system weakened slowly through the open waters, reducing itself to a Category 1 typhoon on the morning of October 8.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Emma
The system was deemed extratropical operationally on the afternoon of October 11, with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) due to cold air. However, in post-analysis, the system crossed further to the northwest, weakening stopped and for the next day and a half, Emma actually gained winds back to 85 mph (135 km/h).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Emma
On the morning of October 13, the storm crossed into the Bering Sea near Little Sitkin Island. Shortly later on that day, Emma crossed the 180th meridian as a 50 mph (75 km/h) tropical storm. After weakening into a tropical depression, the storm became extratropical off the coast of Alaska.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Emma
Damage in Guam and Saipan totaled out at $250,000 (1962 USD), from damages to communication equipment, buildings and fishing boats.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Freda
An updraft formed on the morning of September 28 south of the island of Eniwetok Atoll. After moving west and making a large bend around the island, the new system slowly gained strength, and on the morning of October 3, promoted into a tropical storm. Now named Freda, the system was rapidly intensifying as it proceeded north-west in the open Pacific Ocean waters. On that afternoon, Freda intensified into a typhoon, sustaining winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Freda
During the day of October 4, the typhoon slowly gained strength, reaching its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) with a peak pressure of 948 millibars (27.99 inHg). After stabilizing to the north, Freda sustained its winds through the Pacific before beginning to weaken slowly on October 6. Making a bend to the northeast, Freda sustained typhoon-status winds for several more days, weakening into a tropical storm on October 9 as it started experiencing the effects of cold air.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Freda
Moving north-east at a steady rate of 16 mph (26 km/h), the storm slowly became extratropical operationally on the morning of October 10, still with winds of 45 mph (65 km/h). However, the system continued weakening in post-analysis as it continued north-east, crossing the 180th meridian later that afternoon before completing the transition that evening. The extratropical remains of Freda would continue east through the Pacific Ocean, making landfall in the Pacific Northwest of Canada & the United States on October 12, 1962.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Freda
This same storm was named the Columbus Day Storm in the United States, where it caused $235 million in damage and the deaths of 46 people. In the early hours of October 13 the storm made landfall in British Columbia, Canada with sustained wind speeds of 90 km/h (56 mph) with gusts to 145 km/h (90 mph), causing $750 million in damage and the deaths of 7 people.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Gilda
A surge from the westerlies and a flow from the Southern Hemisphere helped contribute to the formation of a system off the coast of Yap on October 18. The system quickly intensified, becoming a tropical depression on the morning of October 19, sustaining winds of 25 mph (40 km/h). The depression slowly intensified as it moved northwest, spending three days a tropical depression. Bending northward, the system intensified into a minimal tropical storm on the morning of October 22.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Gilda
Now steadily intensifying, the new Tropical Storm Gilda began making a loop in the open ocean waters, becoming a typhoon on the morning of October 23 with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). The storm, now proceeding westward, continued a steady intensification process, proceeding west towards the eastern coast of the Philippines.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Gilda
On the morning of October 26, the storm bent to the northwest, and away from the Philippine coastline, while peaking at sustained winds of 130 mph (210 km/h). A peak minimum internal pressure of 933 millibars (27.55 inHg) was also recorded. Continuing northeast, the storm began a Fujiwhara interaction with the weakening Tropical Storm Ivy, soon absorbing the system on October 28. Gilda continued northeast through the ocean, slowly weakening as it sped up through colder air. Retaining typhoon-status winds for several days, passing southeast of Japan.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Gilda
As the storm sped up, it reached a peak speed of 44 mph (71 km/h). Gilda weakened into a tropical storm on the morning of October 30, southeast of Tokyo and later that evening, the storm completed the extratropical transition. The extratropical system continued northeast through the night, crossing the 170th and 180th meridians before being lost in the open waters of the Central Pacific Ocean on November 1.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Gilda
No damage or fatalities were reported in association with Gilda.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Seventy-Five
Tropical Depression Seventy-Five formed on October 20 in the open Pacific Ocean, near a buoy close to the International Date Line. The depression moved to the northwest, dissipating on after two days near the island of Iwo Jima. The short-lived system never made landfall, and no damage or fatalities were reported to ships or buoys in the Ocean.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Harriet
The system that would become Tropical Storm Harriet formed off the western coast of the Philippines on the morning on the afternoon of October 19. The system proceeded northwest, then darted southwest off the coast, crossing through the South China Sea. The storm spent several days through the open ocean, unable to strengthen into a tropical depression. On October 23, the storm turned northward towards South Vietnam, but soon returned westward, slowly strengthening as it crossed the South China Sea. On the afternoon of October 25, the system finally strengthened into a tropical storm, receiving the name of Harriet. Winds peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h) for Harriet, which soon made landfall near the Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in Thailand on October 25. After criss-crossing the country, Harriet weakened into a low on October 26 in the open waters of the Indian Ocean.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Harriet
The destruction from Tropical Storm Harriet took the lives of at least 769 residents of Thailand's southern provinces. 142 others were also deemed missing as of November 4, with over 252 severe injuries. Damage at the time was estimated to be over $34.5 million (1962 USD) to government buildings, agriculture, homes and fishing fleets.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Harriet
According to Thai Meteorological Department, Harriet was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the country, responsible for 935 deaths.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ivy
A tropical wave formed on October 26 near Ulithi and Woleai Atoll. The wave moved to the northwest and strengthened from a wave into a Category 3 typhoon with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). Interaction from the active Typhoon Gilda caused a Fujiwhara effect between the two and caused Ivy to weaken at a rapid pace from a Category 3 typhoon to a minimal tropical storm in 48 hours. The stronger Typhoon Gilda absorbed the weak Ivy on October 29 south of Iwo Jima.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ivy
Ivy never made landfall thus no damage or fatalities were reported.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Jean
An easterly tropical wave after the polar trough fractured the superposition formed on November 3 near Yap. The wave made landfall in the Philippines on the 6th and strengthened into Tropical Depression Eighty-One over land. Strengthening occurred and the depression became Tropical Storm Jean on the 6th near Manila. Rapid strengthening occurred and Jean peaked at a 100 mph (160 km/h) typhoon on November 9 near Vietnam. Jean started weakening and dissipated on November 13 because of lack of upper level divergence.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Jean
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued to track Jean for six more days. During that time, Jean made an anti-cyclonic loop to the south, where Jean was declared an extra-tropical low on November 19 in the open South China Sea. No damage or fatalities were reported.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Karen
Typhoon Karen, which formed on November 7 in the open Western Pacific, explosively intensified to a 185 mph (298 km/h) super typhoon on the 9th. It turned to the west, maintaining its powerful winds of 175–185 mph for 4 days as it crossed the islands of the West Pacific. Cool air weakened Karen as it turned to the north, and was only a minimal typhoon at its nearest approach to Japan. The storm turned eastward, where it became extratropical on November 18. Karen's strong winds caused $250 million in damage (1962 USD) and 11 casualties. Karen passed over the southern part of Guam in 1962. Wind gusts estimated near 185 mph (298 km/h) destroyed 95% of all homes on the island.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Lucy
A surge from the westerlies into MPT which was followed by cut-off low formed on November 24, while a depression formed downstream. This kind of formation is not unusual, both Typhoons Carla and Dinah formed in the same way. The system strengthened into Tropical Depression Eighty-Six near Koror on November 25 and strengthened into Tropical Storm Lucy on the same day. Strengthening occurred slowly, as Lucy did not gain typhoon status until November 27. That same day, Lucy made landfall in the Philippines as an 80 mph (130 km/h) typhoon.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Lucy
Lucy kept moving west and peaked at 115 mph (185 km/h), as a Category 3 typhoon on November 29. Lucy made landfall in the Philippines and southern South Vietnam on November 30. Lucy dissipated in the Strait of Taiwan on December 1 from cold air and land interaction. The Japan Meteorological Agency ceased advisories that same day.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Lucy
Five people were killed, with $5 million (1962 USD ($37.4 million (2011 USD)). Winds of 60 mph (97 km/h) were felt Cebu City Airport when Lucy passed over the area.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Mary
The eighty-ninth (and second-to-last) tropical wave of the season formed in the South China Sea, several hundred miles west of the Philippines. The wave was upgraded by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as Tropical Storm Mary (instead of Tropical Depression Eighty-Nine) on December 1, following suit with the names used before. The depression was never followed by the Japan Meteorological Agency, however, the system was tracked by the Warning Center its entire time in the South China Sea. Mary went towards the southwest, peaking at winds of 55 mph (95 km/h) on December 2.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Mary
After that, the storm went on a slow weakening process, weakening to a minimal tropical storm on December 3. The next advisory, Mary was downgraded to a tropical depression, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased tracking the storm. Mary did not affect land in its entire lifetime.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nadine
An easterly wave, the ninetieth (and final) of the season, was first sighted on December 6 by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center several hundred miles southeast of Guam. The wave strengthened that day into Tropical Depression Ninety, appearing in the Japan Meteorological Agency's track data at that point. The depression curved to the northwest, striking the island Guam on December 7. Tropical Depression Ninety curved to the southeast of Saipan on December 8, strengthening into a tropical storm.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nadine
Given the name Nadine by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, it progressed northward, peaking at a minimal pressure of 974 millibars (28.76 inHg) and a wind speed of 60 mph (90 km/h) on December 10. Nadine began to approach the International Date Line (180°), but started an extratropical transition that same day.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nadine
Nadine was declared an extratropical storm on December 10, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased following the storm. However, the Japan Meteorological Agency continued tracking the storm. On December 11, just after passing the 170°E longitude line, Nadine was declared extratropical by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The extratropical remains of Nadine crossed the International Date Line and on the night of December 11, the Agency ceased following Nadine as it had crossed into the Central Pacific basin.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nadine
Although Nadine posed a threat to the island of Guam (which had been struck by Typhoon Karen less than a month before), there were no reports of fatalities, damage or strong winds.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
In addition to the 30 named storms, an unnamed storm was tracked by the Japan Meteorological Agency, 6219, also known by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as Tropical Depression Sixty-Six


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Retirement
After the season JTWC announced that the name Karen will retired will be removed from the naming lists and was replaced with Kim.


1962 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in 1962 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).


1962 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1962 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 11 teams. The national champions were Olimpia.


1962 Paris–Nice
The 1962 Paris–Nice was the 20th edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 9 March to 17 March 1962. The race started in Paris and finished in Nice. The race was won by Jef Planckaert of the Flandria team.


1962 Paris–Roubaix
The 1962 Paris–Roubaix was the 60th edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race and was held on 9 April 1962. The race started in Compiègne and finished in Roubaix. The race was won by Rik Van Looy of the Flandria team.


1962 Paris–Tours
The 1962 Paris–Tours was the 56th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 7 October 1962. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Jo de Roo.


1962 Pau Grand Prix
The 22nd Pau Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 23 April 1962 at Pau Circuit, the street circuit in Pau. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Maurice Trintignant in a Lotus 18/21, run by the Rob Walker Racing Team.


1962 Penn Quakers football team
The 1962 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Penn finished sixth in the Ivy League.


1962 Penn Quakers football team
In their third year under head coach John Stiegman, the Quakers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 174 to 89. Bill Hardaker was the team captain.


1962 Penn Quakers football team
Penn's 2–5 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League. The Quakers were outscored 151 to 70 by Ivy opponents.


1962 Penn Quakers football team
Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


1962 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1962 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.


1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
The 1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 6. Republican Bill Scranton and Democrat Richardson Dilworth, each a member of a powerful political family, faced off in a bitter campaign.


1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Primary
Both endorsed candidates easily defeated their primary opposition. Dilworth faced only token candidates, led by McKees Rocks real estate agent Harvey Johnston. Scranton was challenged by Collins McSparran of Lancaster County. McSparran, who was the son of former gubernatorial candidate John McSparran, was the president of the state branch of The Grange, and had a small but vocal base in farming interests.


1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Campaign
After John F. Kennedy received a relatively large win in the state in 1960, combined with a poor showing in the previous year's municipal elections, Republicans attempted to cast themselves in a moderate light and thus chose the rising star Scranton, a so-called "Kennedy Republican" for his socially liberal viewpoints, as their nominee. Scranton, whose only prior elected position was a two-year term in Congress, was immediately attacked for his inexperience. However, Scranton's positions or credentials were rarely the focal point of the election; rather the race was seen as a referendum on Dilworth, a former nominee for this same office, who was serving as the controversial Mayor of Philadelphia.


1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Campaign
Throughout his political career, Dilworth had gained a reputation for taking hard-nosed action and for not being afraid to speak his mind. During the campaign, he continuously waged direct assaults on state Republican leaders, asserting that Scranton was a tool of the faltering Republican machine (Dilworth first gained statewide fame for breaking Republican machine politics in Philadelphia in the late 1940s).


1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Campaign
He also raised the issue of a restrictive covenant that was in place on a Scranton-owned property in Florida, charging that the stipulation that the residence could only be sold to a Caucasian demonstrated that Scranton had racist sentiments; Scranton defended himself by asserting that the condition was placed in the lease by a previous owner and could not be removed, and he countered by criticizing Dilworth for his affiliation with several all-white, elite social clubs. Dilworth was also plagued by corruption charges and, during the course of his campaign, reversed his position from strongly opposing an investigation into city government, to endorsing it as a way to demonstrate a commitment to transparency.


1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Campaign
On Election Day, Scranton took 62 of the state's 67 counties in an impressive win. Dilworth struggled not only in GOP strongholds, but also in the heavily Democratic Pittsburgh area, where he was plagued by both the corruption charges and anti-Philadelphian sentiment.


1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Campaign
His loss was especially heavy in Philadelphia's suburban counties, both because of his involvement in a controversial failed redistricting plan designed to divide upper class GOP support, as well as because of his antagonistic attitude toward suburbanites (he was quoted as saying "if a few of those Main Liners got mugged once in a while, it might teach them a way of life"). Dilworth also won by a smaller than expected margin in his home city, as his personality clash caused city Democratic leaders to give only tepid support.


1962 Peruvian Primera División
The 1962 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Alianza Lima.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état
The 1962 Peruvian coup d'état was promoted by the then Chief of the Joint Command of the Peruvian Armed Forces, General Ricardo Pérez Godoy, against the outgoing government of Manuel Prado Ugarteche for alleged irregularities in the electoral process of that year.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, Background
In the general elections of 1962, called for June 10 by Peruvian president Manuel Prado Ugarteche, were presented as candidates for the presidential chair César Pando Egúsquiza of the National Liberation Front, Luciano Castillo Colonna of the Socialist Party of Peru, Alberto Ruiz Eldredge for the Progressive Social Movement, Héctor Cornejo Chávez of the Christian Democracy, former President Manuel A. Odría of the Odriist National Union, the architect Fernando Belaúnde for Popular Action and Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre of the Peruvian Aprista Party, these last three being the applicants with the greatest possibilities.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, Background
During the electoral process and the counting of the votes, the press and the Armed Forces denounced a series of irregularities before the National Jury of Elections. The newspapers announced that the Prado government and his party, the Peruvian Democratic Movement, favored the Aprista Party, and considered it as the ruling party. On the other hand, the delay in the delivery of the official results, as well as an alleged adulteration of the figures and of duplicate votes.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, Background
The result of the vote gave victory to Haya de la Torre, followed by candidate Belaúnde from Popular Action and in third place to Odría from Odriist National Union, but neither could exceed the electoral third (33% of valid votes) required by the 1933 Constitution. As for the National Congress to elect the new president among the three candidates with the highest vote. Given the situation, Haya de la Torre sought Belaúnde's support, but the architect declined pending the JNE's resolution in front of the allegations of fraud.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, Background
Haya de la Torre was vetoed by the Armed Forces that threatened to rise up if the Aprista leader was chosen as the winner, so he pragmatically agreed with Odría. Both candidates had great parliamentary support, and they made an agreement for the second to assume the Presidency, and for Manuel Seoane Corrales, who was a member of the APRA electoral board, to assume the First Vice Presidency.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, Background
The alleged irregularities in the elections, the fears of a government with Aprist representation and the economic and social chaos of 1948, when the revolt of October 3 occurred during the government of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, made the Armed Forces demand the annulment of the electoral process. On July 17, the National Jury of Elections rejected the request for annulment. In the face of the refusal, the Armed Forces they staged the first institutional coup in their history.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, The coup of July 18
On July 18, 1962, just eleven days after the change of government, the Government Palace guard was absent and at 03:20 am, an armored division commanded by Colonel Gonzalo Briceño Zevallos stormed the government headquarters and detained the president. Prado and his companions. Some sectors of the population, mostly Aprists, came out to demonstrate against the coup.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, Aftermath
That same day a Government Military Junta was formed that annulled the elections and called other new elections for 1963, while the deposed president Prado was transported to the Callao naval arsenal and embarked on the BAP Callao (anchored on San Lorenzo Island) in which he was kidnapped until the end of his term, on July 28. On August 1, he voluntarily left the country and settled in Paris.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, Aftermath
The Government Military Junta was formed by Ricardo Pérez Godoy, then Chief of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, and three ministers: Army General Nicolás Lindley as President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of War, Lieutenant General of the Air Force Pedro Vargas Prada, as Minister of Aviation, and Vice Admiral Juan Francisco Torres Matos, as Minister of the Navy.


1962 Peruvian coup d'état, Aftermath
The new government proposed to organize new elections scheduled for 1963, for which they would guarantee transparency and a fair process. For this, the Board depurated and modernized the Electoral Registry, and promulgated by Decree Law No. 14207 the new Electoral Statute in which the single identification card and the distributing number were introduced for the first time. Likewise, a new National Jury of Elections was set up.


1962 Peruvian general election
General elections were held in Peru on 10 June 1962 to elect the President and both houses of Congress. Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre of the Peruvian Aprista Party won the presidential election with 33% of the vote. However, this was below the constitutional requirement of one-third of the vote. The military, who were opposed to Haya, claimed that electoral fraud had been carried out in some districts, and the results were later annulled following a military coup on 18 July led by Ricardo Pérez Godoy.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election
Philadelphia's City Council special election of 1962  was held to fill three vacant city council seats. The first was in the 8th district, when Democrat Alfred Leopold Luongo was appointed to the federal bench in September 1961. A second vacancy that same year occurred in the 10th district when Democrat John M. McDevitt resigned in June 1962 to become a Catholic priest. An at-large seat also became vacant when Victor E. Moore resigned in September 1962 to become the head of the Philadelphia Gas Works. Special elections were scheduled for November 6, 1962, to be held at the same time as the federal and gubernatorial elections that year. Democrats held two of the seats but lost the 8th district to a Republican.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Background
Alfred Leopold Luongo was a lawyer who had represented the 8th district in the northwest section of the city since 1959. The district was among the city's most marginal, electing a Democrat in 1951 and a Republican in 1955, both times by narrow margins. On September 14, 1961, President John F. Kennedy nominated Luongo to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and he was confirmed by the Senate later that month.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Background
In June 1962, John M. McDevitt resigned his seat to enter a Roman Catholic seminary. McDevitt had represented the 10th district, which covered much of Northeast Philadelphia, since 1955. He had won convincingly in his most recent election, carrying 58% of the vote over his Republican opponent.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Background
In September of that year, at-large councilman Victor E. Moore resigned his seat to become head of the Philadelphia Gas Works. The at-large seat he held was safely Democratic, as that party's candidates had won the maximum possible at-large seats in each election since the seats were created in 1951. Moore had been first or second in votes in each of those three elections, including his most recent victory in 1959.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Background
Philadelphia officials had anticipated another special election that years, as well, when Mayor Richardson Dilworth resigned to run for Governor of Pennsylvania. According to the city charter, the President of City Council, James H. J. Tate would serve as acting mayor until a new one was elected at the next general election; however, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the charter violated state law in calling for a municipal election in an even-numbered year.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Background
That decision required Tate to serve for another year as acting mayor, which led to another lawsuit demanding that he vacate his 7th district council seat and call a special election. That case also went to the state Supreme Court, which held that no such vacancy existed under the charter's rules and that Tate could continue to take a leave of absence without legally vacating his seat.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Candidate selection
Instead of a primary, the nominees were selected by the ward leaders of the wards that made up the councilmanic districts. In the 8th, Republican ward leaders selected Stanley B. Smullen, a real estate agent who also served as the Republican leader of the 59th ward. Democratic leaders nominated John A. Geisz, the head of the inheritance tax bureau of the state board of revenue. In the 10th district, Republicans nominated Joseph Leo McGlynn, Jr., an attorney. Democrats settled on Robert B. Winkelman, an insurance broker.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Candidate selection
For the at-large seat, ward leaders from across the city took part in the selection process. The Republicans selected James T. McDermott, a local lawyer who had previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney. Democrats decided on Walter S. Pytko, the executive director of the Philadelphia Parking Authority and a former state senator and ward leader. Pytko's nomination came as a surprise to many observers of the political scene, and his nomination was believed to be the choice of William J. Green, Jr., the Democratic organization's chairman.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Result
At the at-large race, Pytko easily defeated McDermott for the seat, winning by more than 140,000 votes in the citywide election, a reduced but still sizable majority compared with the 1959 at-large vote. In the 10th district, Winkleman retained the seat for his party, dispatching McDermott by more than 10,000 votes, but with a smaller percentage than McDevitt's 1959 total.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Result
The one surprise result was in the 8th district as Smullen picked up the seat for the Republicans in what the Philadelphia Daily News called "a major upset." The results meant that the Democratic majority on the council was reduced to 13 to 3. All three races showed a roughly five percentage point increase in the Republican vote, in line with the increases in row office elections the previous year.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Aftermath
Pytko remained on city council until 1967, when he retired. His opponent, McDermott, ran for mayor in 1963, but was unsuccessful. He was appointed to a judgeship on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas in 1967 and was elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1981. He and Pytko in died the same week in June 1992.


1962 Philadelphia City Council special election, Aftermath
Winkelman and Smullen both saw their election results reversed the following year when a Republican won the 10th district and a Democrat won the 8th. Smullen remained active at the ward level and in his business but, after an unsuccessful attempt at a state house seat in 1964, never ran for office again. Winkelman ran again in 1967 and for an at-large seat in 1971, but was unsuccessful. Both of their opponents later became judges: McGlynn on the federal bench and Geisz on the Court of Common Pleas.


1962 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 1962 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 30th season in the National Football League.


1962 Philadelphia Eagles season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 1962 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 80th season for the National League franchise. The Phillies finished the season in seventh place in the newly expanded National League with a record of 81–80, a dramatic improvement of 30+1⁄2 games over the 47–107 mark of the previous season. Gene Mauch managed the Phillies, who played their home games at Connie Mack Stadium.


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, Spring training
The Phillies had sold pitcher Robin Roberts to the New York Yankees shortly after the 1961 season. On February 6, 1962, the Phillies announced that Roberts' uniform number 36 would be retired by the team on March 21, 1962, when the Yankees would visit Clearwater to play the Phillies in a spring training game. It was the first uniform number to be retired by the organization and only the second time (after the Yankees retired Babe Ruth's number 3) that a uniform number was retired while the player was still active. Roberts started for the Yankees in the spring game, gave up four runs in three innings, and was the winning pitcher in the game as the Yankees won 13–10.


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, 'Phillies Special' Rail Accident
The Pennsylvania Railroad ran a line from Harrisburg to Philadelphia that often carried fans from central Pennsylvania to games at Connie Mack Stadium. It was advertised on Phillies radio broadcasts as the "Phillies Special". At 5:07 PM on July 28, 1962, en route to the Phillies 8:05 PM game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, four cars of Pennsylvania Railroad's Extra 4878 East derailed 3.7 miles east of Harrisburg at Steelton, Pennsylvania. Three of the cars toppled down a 30-foot embankment to the Susquehanna River. There were 19 fatalities and 119 were injured. The following day, on Sunday, July 29, 1962 at Connie Mack, the Phillies honored the victims with a moment of silence prior to the game's start. The Pennsylvania Railroad would later report the track was out of alignment.


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Opening Day lineup
Tony Taylor, 2BJohnny Callison, RFTony González, CFRoy Sievers, 1BWes Covington, LFDon Demeter, 3BClay Dalrymple, CRubén Amaro, SSArt Mahaffey, P


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1962 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1962 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1962 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The team compiled a 5–5 record under head coach John Michelosen. The team's statistical leaders included Jim Traficant with 611 passing yards and Rick Leeson with 481 rushing yards.


1962 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1962 Pittsburgh Pirates season involved the team's 93–68 season, good for fourth place in the National League, eight games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants.


1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 30th in the National Football League.


1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1962 Pontefract by-election
The 1962 Pontefract by-election was held on 22 March 1962 after the death of the incumbent Labour MP George Sylvester. It was retained by the Labour candidate Joseph Harper.


1962 Preakness Stakes
The 1962 Preakness Stakes was the 87th running of the $200,000 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 19, 1962, and was televised in the United States on the CBS television network. Greek Money, who was jockeyed by John L. Rotz, won the race by a scant nose over runner-up Ridan (horse) in a fighting finish. Approximate post time was 5:50 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a fast track in a final time of 1:56-1/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 33,854, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1962.


1962 President's Cup Races
The April 29, 1962, race at Virginia International Raceway  was the third racing event of the twelfth season of the Sports Car Club of America's 1962 Championship Racing Series.


1962 Primera División de Chile
The 1962 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, was the 30th season of top-flight football in Chile. Universidad de Chile won their third title following a 5–3 win against Universidad Católica in the championship play-off on 16 March 1963, also qualifying to the 1963 Copa de Campeones.


1962 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1962 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 10, 1962.


1962 Prince Edward Island general election
The governing Progressive Conservatives of Premier Walter R. Shaw won re-election with a majority government over the opposition Liberals, led by former Premier Alex W. Matheson.


1962 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.


1962 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district. This landowner requirement would be abolished before the next election


1962 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1962 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Princeton tied for third in the Ivy League.


1962 Princeton Tigers football team
In their sixth year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 187 to 146. Daniel Terpack was the team captain.


1962 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for third-best in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 157 to 123.


1962 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.


1962 Pro Bowl
The 1962 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's twelfth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1961 season. The game was played on January 14, 1962, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in front of 57,409 fans.


1962 Pro Bowl
The coaches were Norm Van Brocklin of the Minnesota Vikings for the West and Allie Sherman of the New York Giants for the East. This Pro Bowl is considered one of the best, most-competitive games in history. After a Jim Brown fumble in the fourth quarter, Johnny Unitas drove the West to the East's 12-yard line. On the final play of the game, Unitas found halfback Jon Arnett alone in the end zone for the game-tying touchdown. The West kicked the winning point-after with time expired, making the final score 31-30.


1962 Pro Bowl
Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown was voted the game's outstanding back and Henry Jordan of the Green Bay Packers was the selected as the lineman of the game.


1962 Pro Bowl
Detroit Lions linebacker Joe Schmidt had his helmet wired for sound and to measure the shock of tackles in conjunction with a study by Northwestern University to help establish performance standards for headgear. The safety study was considered quite remarkable in that day and the specially adapted helmet cost $5,000.


1962 Provincial Speedway League
The 1962 Provincial Speedway League was the third season of the Provincial League.


1962 Provincial Speedway League, Summary
Thirteen speedway teams took part. Bradford, at their new venue at Greenfields Stadium, returned to the league after missing the previous season due to delays building their new track. The league season proved to be disastrous for Bradford and the club folded at the end of the year. New team Neath Welsh Dragons joined the league and Leicester joined after dropping down from the National League. Neath, near Port Talbot in Wales, was not a successful venue and many of their fixtures were raced at St. Austell. Rayleigh Rockets had withdrawn.


1962 Provincial Speedway League, Summary
Poole won the league championship for the second year in a row.


1962 Provincial Speedway League, Final table
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points


1962 Provincial Speedway League, Provincial League Knockout Cup
The 1962 Provincial League Knockout Cup was the third edition of the Knockout Cup for the Provincial League teams. Exeter Falcons were the winners.


1962 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1962 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–4–1 record, finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 141 to 68.


1962 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Notable players from the 1962 Purdue football team included quarterback Ron DiGravio, fullback Roy Walker, end Forest Farmer, and tackle Don Brumm. Brumm was selected as a first-team All-American in 1962 by both the Associated Press and the Football Writers Association of America.


1962 Quebec general election
The 1962 Quebec general election was held on November 14, 1962, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage, was re-elected, defeating the Union Nationale (UN) led by Daniel Johnson, Sr..


1962 Quebec general election
In an unusual move, the election was called just two years after the previous 1960 general election. Lesage sought a mandate for the nationalization of the electricity industry, with the slogan Maîtres chez nous (Masters in Our Own Home), declaring it a single issue important enough to stake his political career on it.


1962 Quebec general election
A few days before the election, the Union Nationale's chief organizer André Lagarde was arrested for fraud. The Liberals claimed this was proof of lingering corruption dating from the Maurice Duplessis era, but the UN cried foul and was vindicated after the election. However, the incident may well have contributed to the UN's defeat.


1962 Quebec general election
The Liberal Party won an increased number of seats and a higher percentage of the popular vote, and the nationalization program was carried out. Future Parti Québécois founder René Lévesque served as a cabinet minister in the Lesage government and spearheaded the nationalization of power utilities for a great expansion of Hydro-Québec.


1962 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
The 1962 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 36th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 18 February 1962 ended on 17 March 1962.


1962 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
On 17 March 1962, Leinster won the championship following a 1-11 to 1-09 defeat of Munster in the final. This was their 8th Railway Cup title and their first since 1956.


1962 Rajshahi massacres
The Rajshahi ethnic cleansing took place in April 1962, marked by widespread ethnic violence and killings of minority Hindus , in Rajshahi and Pabna districts of East Pakistan. Their properties and womenfolk were attacked. Around three hundred non-Muslims died in the massacre.


1962 Rajshahi massacres, Background
In 1958, Ayub Khan led military junta came to power in Pakistan. From the very beginning, the policy of the Ayub regime was to cleanse East Pakistan of the Bengali Hindu and other minorities.


1962 Rajshahi massacres, Killings
On 22 March 1962, an ethnic riot broke out between the Santhals and the Muslims in the Malda district of West Bengal. The Santhals, armed with bows and arrows, shot dead three Muslims while six were burnt to death. Between 16 and 20 April, the ethnic tension between the two groups led to another ethnic riot.


1962 Rajshahi massacres, Killings
The Pakistani press not only published exaggerated figures of Muslim casualties in Maldah district, even though there was no incident of ethnic violence in the district. Pakistan Radio too broadcast false stories of atrocities on minorities in India. On 22 April, Lieutenant General Muhammad Azam Khan, the Governor of East Pakistan, delivered an inflammatory speech with imaginary stories of torture on minorities in India. On 23 April, the Bengali Hindus and other ethnic minorities were attacked in the Rajshahi Division. The District Magistrate of Rajshahi did not take any steps to stop the attacks.


1962 Rajshahi massacres, Killings
Killings, rape, loot and arson continued for days. They were attacked in the passenger trains at the Rajshahi railway station and in the market adjacent to the Natore railway station. In Sarusa village of Hujuri Para Union under Paba police station, the Hindus were attacked and many were seriously afflicted. In Darsa village under Paba police station 10 people were killed. Thousands non-muslims are taken shelter in a school but brutally it was burnt. An estimated 300 non-Muslims were killed in Rajshahi district.


1962 Rajshahi massacres, Killings
The Assistant High Commissioner in Rajshahi came to the rescue of the minorities. The intervention of the Indian Assistant High Commission at resulted in the troops being called and the massacre was stopped. The Pakistan government whipped up a war hysteria and the Indian Deputy High Commission at Dhaka was placed under military guard. It was impossible for the Indian Deputy High Commission to collect information on the attacks on the minorities. Rajeshwar Dayal, the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan who had come to Dhaka too, was not allowed to visit the districts of Rajshahi and Pabna.


1962 Rand Grand Prix
The 5th Rand Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 15 December 1962 at Kyalami, South Africa. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark, who led from start to finish in his Lotus 25.


1962 Rand Grand Prix
There were a very large number of entries for this race, and many of the local drivers did not qualify. Among the more unusual entries was the Lotus 7 of Brausch Niemann, and the non-qualifying Cooper of Dave Riley, which was fitted with a BMC engine.


1962 Rangoon University protests
The 1962 Rangoon University protests were a series of marches, demonstrations, and protests against stricter campus regulations, the end of the system of university self-administration, and the policy of the new military regime of General Ne Win. The main events took place in Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar) on 7–8 July 1962. On 7 July 1962, the military regime violently suppressed a student demonstration at Rangoon University attended by some 5,000 students. This resulted in the deaths of more than one hundred, and the arrest of more than 6,000 students according to unofficial sources. However, official government statements put the death toll at 15. In the morning hours of the next day, the military regime blew up the historic Rangoon University Students' Union (RUSU) building, which had been the symbol of the anti-colonial nationalism struggle since the 1920s.


1962 Rangoon University protests
The reaction of the military regime disclosed for the first time its new tough stance against all regime opponents as part of implementing the new state ideology, the Burmese Way to Socialism, which included bringing "almost all of Burma's political, social, and economic life under strict military control". It also demonstrated that the effective suppression of student activism and the de-politicisation of the universities ranked high among the strategic goals of the new government. Students had been in the vanguard of the Burmese anti-colonial nationalist struggle ever since the first student protests in Burma began in 1920. Although the regime had been successful in ending the student protests, the violent reaction nonetheless undermined its support among the broader population and created a symbolic focal point for later student protests in the following decades.


1962 Rangoon University protests
In the aftermath of the violent crackdown on the student protests, the Government of Ne Win immediately closed all universities for four months and sent all students home. Broad institutional reforms introduced by the 1964 University Education Act, then, brought Burma's universities under strict government control and profoundly hampered cohesive open student activism in subsequent decades. In this respect, the result of the 1962 Rangoon University protests ushered a new era of underground student activism in which open mass student involvement in national politics erupted only sporadically, most prominently during the student protests of the mid-1970s and during the 8888 Uprising in 1988.


1962 Rangoon University protests
The reverberation of the events on 7–8 July 1962 can be felt to this day. General Ne Win prominently illustrated the continuing symbolic power associated with the protests when he referred in his departure speech in 1988 to the destruction of the RUSU building as "one of the key episodes" during his time in power. As recently as 2012 around 14 persons were "taken into custody by local authorities ... to prevent them from going ahead with planned events to mark the 50th anniversary" of the 7 July incidents.


1962 Rangoon University protests, Rangoon University
Since Rangoon University was founded in 1920 as the first university in the British colony of Burma, student activism persistently influenced the development of Burma throughout entirely different regimes. The academic autonomy of Rangoon University was protected by the Rangoon University Act. Students at varies schools even protested the passing of the University Act leading to the formation, in 1921, of the National College which unlike Rangoon included courses taught in Burmese.


1962 Rangoon University protests, Rangoon University, Students in the vanguard of the anti-colonial movement
Taking advantage of the fact that students—together with the sangha (monastic communities)—enjoyed the greatest degree of freedom of all Burmese societal groups during colonial times, they positioned themselves in the vanguard of the anti-colonial movement, especially during the anti-colonial struggles of the 1930s. Rangoon University featured prominently as the centre of civil discontent in Burma during the colonial period with all three major strikes against British rule (1920, 1936 and 1938) starting there.