The 1965 season

Super Typhoon Faye (1965)

Super Typhoon Faye reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 13, 1965 and November 27, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Faye, 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
November 13, 1965 to November 27, 1965
Peak strength
Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 275 km (171 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
30.4
Identifier
WP331965

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
Nov 13, 00:009.0N 168.7E1009 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 06:008.7N 168.5E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 12:008.5N 168.4E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 18:008.0N 168.3E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 00:008.1N 168.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 06:008.4N 167.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 12:008.6N 167.6E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 18:008.8N 167.3E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 00:009.1N 166.8E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 06:009.2N 166.2E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:009.2N 165.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:009.4N 164.9E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:009.5N 164.2E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:009.6N 163.5E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:009.5N 162.8E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:009.4N 162.0E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:009.4N 161.3E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:009.4N 160.1E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:009.4N 158.9E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:009.2N 157.7E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:009.2N 156.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:009.5N 155.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:009.8N 154.3E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0010.1N 153.4E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0010.1N 152.4E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0010.1N 150.9E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0010.2N 149.2E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:008.9N 148.1E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:009.4N 147.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0010.2N 146.3E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0010.6N 144.8E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0010.5N 143.1E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0010.5N 141.4E75 kt986 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0011.3N 139.9E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0011.6N 138.4E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0011.8N 136.7E105 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0012.1N 135.1E120 kt950 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0012.5N 133.9E125 kt950 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0012.7N 132.7E125 kt945 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0013.5N 131.3E125 kt945 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0014.4N 130.1E130 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0015.0N 128.8E130 kt935 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0016.1N 128.1E130 kt935 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0017.2N 127.5E130 kt935 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0018.3N 127.0E135 kt930 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0019.7N 127.1E130 kt930 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0021.6N 127.8E120 kt935 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0023.6N 129.4E110 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0025.5N 131.3E130 kt950 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0027.6N 133.8E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0029.6N 137.0E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:0033.7N 142.9E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0037.4N 147.6E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0040.5N 155.5E976 mbExtratropical
Nov 26, 12:0044.0N 161.5E972 mbExtratropical
Nov 26, 18:0046.0N 167.5E976 mbExtratropical
Nov 27, 00:0048.0N 175.0E986 mbExtratropical
Nov 27, 06:0049.0N 186.0EExtratropical

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.