The 1965 season

Tropical Storm Emma (1965)

Tropical Storm Emma peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between June 18, 1965 and June 30, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Emma. 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
June 18, 1965 to June 30, 1965
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.1
Identifier
WP111965

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
Jun 18, 06:007.7N 141.8E30 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 12:007.8N 140.8E25 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 18:008.0N 139.7E25 ktMixed
Jun 19, 00:008.5N 138.8E25 ktMixed
Jun 19, 06:009.2N 138.5E20 kt1006 mbMixed
Jun 19, 12:0010.2N 138.8E20 kt1006 mbMixed
Jun 19, 18:0011.2N 139.0E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Jun 20, 00:0012.1N 138.5E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Jun 20, 06:0012.5N 137.8E30 kt1004 mbMixed
Jun 20, 12:0012.8N 136.7E30 kt1006 mbMixed
Jun 20, 18:0012.7N 135.4E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Jun 21, 00:0012.6N 134.3E25 kt1004 mbXX
Jun 21, 06:0012.4N 133.3E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Jun 21, 12:0012.5N 132.2E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:0012.6N 131.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:0012.9N 129.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0013.2N 128.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0013.6N 127.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0014.0N 126.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0014.4N 125.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0014.9N 125.0E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0015.4N 124.1E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0016.4N 123.5E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 00:0017.7N 123.8E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0018.9N 124.4E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0020.2N 124.4E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0021.3N 124.2E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0022.2N 124.4E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0023.4N 124.4E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 12:0024.8N 124.7E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 18:0026.6N 125.5E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 00:0028.7N 127.4E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 06:0030.6N 131.1E998 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0033.5N 134.8E998 mbMixed
Jun 26, 18:0035.5N 139.5E993 mbExtratropical
Jun 27, 00:0036.9N 142.0E994 mbExtratropical
Jun 27, 06:0037.8N 144.4E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 27, 12:0038.2N 148.0E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 27, 18:0038.5N 151.0E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 28, 00:0038.9N 153.3E998 mbExtratropical
Jun 28, 06:0039.0N 155.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 28, 12:0039.1N 157.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 28, 18:0039.5N 160.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 29, 00:0040.0N 162.9E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 29, 06:0040.3N 166.1E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 29, 12:0041.0N 169.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 29, 18:0041.7N 171.9E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 30, 00:0042.8N 174.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 30, 06:0044.2N 176.2E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 30, 12:0045.0N 182.0EExtratropical

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.