Hurricane History Map

1965 Western North Pacific season

49 storms formed in the Western North Pacific basin in 1965, from 15 January 1965 to 23 December 1965.

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Years1965
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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

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The 1965 season in numbers

The record holds 49 storms for the 1965 Western North Pacific season, of which 34 had names.34 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 21 reached typhoon strength (category 1 or more) and 15 were major (category 3 or more). 15 have no wind speed in the record.

  • 49storms
  • 34tropical storm strength or more
  • 21typhoon strength or more
  • 15major (category 3 to 5)
  • 436accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 1965

  • Dinah (1965)10 June 1965 to 24 June 1965, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 935 hPa
  • Mary (1965)14 August 1965 to 25 August 1965, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 950 hPa
  • Lucy (1965)14 August 1965 to 26 August 1965, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 940 hPa
  • Olive (1965)26 August 1965 to 6 September 1965, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 940 hPa
  • Bess (1965)25 September 1965 to 8 October 1965, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 900 hPa

All 49 storms of 1965

StormPeak
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Patsy Category 1
Ruth Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Sarah Tropical storm
Thelma Tropical storm
Vera Tropical storm
Wanda Category 1
Amy Category 3
Carla Category 4
Babe Category 1
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Dinah Category 5
Emma Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Freda Category 5
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Gilda Tropical storm
Harriet Category 3
Jean Category 5
Ivy Category 1
Kim Tropical storm
Lucy Category 5
Nadine Tropical storm
Mary Category 5
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Olive Category 5
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Polly Tropical storm
Rose Category 3
Shirley Category 4
Trix Category 4
Virginia Category 1
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Wendy Tropical storm
Agnes Tropical storm
Bess Category 5
Carmen Category 5
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Della Category 2
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Elaine Tropical storm
Faye Category 4
Gloria Tropical storm

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