The 1965 season

Typhoon Carla (1965)

Typhoon Carla reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between May 29, 1965 and June 6, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Carla. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
May 29, 1965 to June 6, 1965
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
988 mb (29.18 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 58 km (36 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.5
Identifier
WP361965

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 29, 00:0018.2N 112.5EDisturbance
May 29, 06:0018.1N 114.8EDisturbance
May 29, 12:0018.5N 114.5ETropical depression
May 29, 18:0018.3N 114.7ETropical depression
May 30, 00:0018.0N 115.2ETropical depression
May 30, 06:0017.8N 115.6E1004 mbTropical storm
May 30, 12:0017.6N 116.0E1002 mbTropical storm
May 30, 18:0017.6N 116.4E1004 mbTropical storm
May 31, 00:0017.6N 116.8E1004 mbTropical storm
May 31, 06:0017.8N 117.3E1004 mbTropical storm
May 31, 12:0018.1N 118.0E1004 mbTropical storm
May 31, 18:0018.5N 118.8E1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 00:0019.1N 119.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 06:0019.8N 121.2E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 12:0021.3N 122.7E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 18:0022.4N 124.2E85 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jun 2, 00:0023.5N 125.1E120 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jun 2, 06:0024.8N 126.4E75 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jun 2, 12:0026.3N 127.4E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 2, 18:0027.4N 128.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 00:0028.7N 128.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 06:0030.1N 130.4E25 kt1002 mbMixed
Jun 3, 12:0031.2N 133.5E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 18:0033.0N 137.0E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 00:0035.0N 141.0E994 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 06:0036.5N 144.5E988 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 12:0038.0N 148.0E990 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 18:0038.5N 150.0E990 mbExtratropical
Jun 5, 00:0038.9N 151.9E990 mbExtratropical
Jun 5, 06:0038.9N 156.6E994 mbExtratropical
Jun 5, 12:0039.0N 159.9E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 5, 18:0039.0N 165.0E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 6, 00:0039.9N 171.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Jun 6, 06:0040.0N 175.2E1008 mbExtratropical
Jun 6, 12:0040.0N 178.1E1012 mbExtratropical

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.