Typhoon Amy (1965): Track, Deaths, Damage and Rainfall

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The storm

Basin: Western Pacific
Dates: May 20, 1965 to May 29, 1965
Peak strength: Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure: 976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 7.6
Identifier: WP071965

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
May 20, 06:00	9.0N 134.0E		1005 mb	Mixed
May 20, 12:00	9.1N 133.1E		1006 mb	Mixed
May 20, 18:00	9.4N 132.4E		1004 mb	Mixed
May 21, 00:00	9.7N 131.5E		1002 mb	Mixed
May 21, 06:00	10.5N 130.3E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 21, 12:00	11.0N 129.8E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 21, 18:00	11.5N 129.2E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 00:00	11.9N 128.6E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 06:00	12.3N 127.9E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 12:00	12.5N 126.8E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 18:00	12.9N 125.8E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 00:00	13.5N 125.5E	40 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 06:00	13.9N 125.4E	35 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 12:00	14.5N 125.4E	40 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 18:00	15.1N 125.1E	40 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 00:00	15.2N 124.3E	40 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 06:00	15.3N 123.4E	45 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 12:00	15.9N 123.8E	45 kt	988 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 18:00	16.6N 123.9E	55 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
May 25, 00:00	17.6N 124.5E	65 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 25, 06:00	18.5N 125.2E	65 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 25, 12:00	19.5N 126.3E	65 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 25, 18:00	20.8N 127.9E	75 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 26, 00:00	22.8N 129.6E	85 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 26, 06:00	24.8N 131.3E	100 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 26, 12:00	27.2N 133.4E	100 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 26, 18:00	30.2N 135.1E	80 kt	976 mb	Tropical storm
May 27, 00:00	33.5N 138.7E	65 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
May 27, 06:00	37.3N 141.8E	35 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 27, 12:00	38.1N 144.5E		990 mb	Extratropical
May 27, 18:00	39.0N 148.9E		990 mb	Extratropical
May 28, 00:00	40.0N 155.0E		990 mb	Extratropical
May 28, 06:00	41.3N 162.0E		990 mb	Extratropical
May 28, 12:00	42.8N 167.6E		988 mb	Extratropical
May 28, 18:00	44.0N 174.0E		980 mb	Extratropical
May 29, 00:00	45.0N 178.0E		980 mb	Extratropical
May 29, 06:00	48.0N 182.0E			Extratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1965

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.