The 1965 season

Typhoon Della (1965)

Typhoon Della reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 10, 1965 and October 21, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Della, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
October 10, 1965 to October 21, 1965
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 474 km (295 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.4
Identifier
WP311965

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
Oct 10, 00:008.0N 168.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:007.5N 167.8E1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:007.5N 167.7E1008 mbMixed
Oct 10, 18:007.9N 167.2E1004 mbMixed
Oct 11, 00:008.8N 166.7E1004 mbMixed
Oct 11, 06:009.7N 166.1E1004 mbMixed
Oct 11, 12:0010.8N 165.8E1004 mbMixed
Oct 11, 18:0011.4N 164.8E1002 mbMixed
Oct 12, 00:0012.0N 164.0E1000 mbMixed
Oct 12, 06:0012.9N 163.7E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 12:0014.0N 163.9E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 18:0015.0N 163.6E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 00:0014.8N 164.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 06:0015.6N 163.6E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 12:0016.4N 163.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 18:0017.2N 162.2E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 00:0018.0N 161.3E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 06:0018.8N 160.3E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 12:0019.4N 159.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 18:0020.0N 158.3E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:0020.4N 157.4E60 kt982 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 06:0020.9N 156.5E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0021.5N 155.7E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0022.0N 154.9E75 kt978 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0022.5N 153.7E80 kt978 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0023.0N 152.3E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0023.4N 151.0E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0023.6N 149.6E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0024.1N 148.6E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0024.6N 148.1E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0025.3N 147.6E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0025.7N 146.8E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0026.4N 146.4E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0027.2N 146.3E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0028.2N 146.4E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0029.5N 146.8E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0031.7N 147.2E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0034.2N 147.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0036.7N 149.7E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0039.0N 152.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0041.5N 153.0E50 kt988 mbMixed
Oct 20, 06:0042.5N 155.0E40 kt994 mbMixed
Oct 20, 12:0045.8N 159.5E35 kt996 mbMixed
Oct 20, 18:0048.0N 165.2E35 kt994 mbMixed
Oct 21, 00:0048.0N 168.5E35 kt990 mbMixed
Oct 21, 06:0047.5N 175.0E35 kt988 mbMixed
Oct 21, 12:0049.0N 180.0E988 mbExtratropical
Oct 21, 18:0048.5N 185.0EExtratropical

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.