Super Typhoon Bess (1965)
Super Typhoon Bess reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 25, 1965 and October 8, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 900 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Bess, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1965 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 25, 1965 to October 8, 1965
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 900 mb (26.58 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 49 km (30 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 39.6
- Identifier
- WP291965
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 7.8N 156.2E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 9.0N 155.0E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 10.7N 154.4E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 12.2N 153.7E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 13.5N 153.0E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 14.9N 151.9E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 15.3N 150.2E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 15.4N 149.0E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 15.4N 147.8E | 65 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 15.4N 146.6E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 15.5N 145.8E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 15.9N 145.0E | 85 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 16.6N 144.6E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 17.0N 144.1E | 85 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 17.5N 143.8E | 110 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 18.0N 143.7E | 120 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 18.8N 143.6E | 130 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 19.5N 143.6E | 130 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 20.3N 143.4E | 150 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 20.8N 143.3E | 150 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 21.3N 143.5E | 150 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 22.1N 143.6E | 150 kt | 910 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 23.3N 143.9E | 150 kt | 915 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 24.5N 144.3E | 150 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 25.8N 143.9E | 130 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 26.8N 143.8E | 120 kt | 934 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 27.9N 143.4E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 29.1N 143.5E | 120 kt | 952 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 30.1N 143.5E | 110 kt | 956 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 31.2N 144.2E | 110 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 31.9N 145.3E | 110 kt | 962 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 32.6N 146.4E | 90 kt | 964 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 33.2N 147.7E | 75 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 34.2N 148.4E | 80 kt | 968 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 35.3N 148.5E | 120 kt | 968 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 36.4N 149.5E | 100 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 37.2N 150.8E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 39.0N 151.5E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 40.5N 151.0E | 50 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 41.5N 151.5E | 55 kt | 976 mb | Mixed |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 43.0N 152.5E | 50 kt | 978 mb | Mixed |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 43.5N 154.0E | 45 kt | 982 mb | Mixed |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 46.5N 153.0E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Mixed |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 47.0N 152.0E | 30 kt | 990 mb | Mixed |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 50.5N 157.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 52.0N 163.0E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 53.0N 168.0E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 53.5N 171.3E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 54.3N 175.2E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 56.0N 178.0E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 56.0N 180.0E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 56.0N 182.5E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon PatsyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm RuthWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm SarahWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm VeraWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon WandaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon AmyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon CarlaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon BabeWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm EmmaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon FredaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm GildaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon HarrietWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon JeanWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon IvyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm KimWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon MaryWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon LucyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon OliveWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm PollyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon RoseWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon TrixWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon VirginiaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm WendyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Depression AgnesWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm AgnesWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm ElaineWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm GloriaWestern Pacific · 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.