Cyclone Flora (1965)
Cyclone Flora reached Category 1 in the South Indian between November 30, 1964 and December 9, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Cyclone Flora. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- November 30, 1964 to December 9, 1964
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.7
- Identifier
- SH041965
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 18:00 | 10.4S 134.6E | 5 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 10.8S 134.3E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 11.0S 133.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 11.2S 133.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 11.4S 133.1E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 11.6S 132.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 2, 06:00 | 11.8S 132.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 2, 12:00 | 12.1S 131.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 2, 18:00 | 12.4S 131.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 3, 00:00 | 13.0S 131.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 13.4S 132.2E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 13.6S 132.7E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 13.7S 133.4E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 13.9S 134.2E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 14.3S 135.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 14.8S 136.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 15.4S 137.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 15.8S 138.9E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 16.3S 140.2E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 16.7S 141.3E | 65 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 17.4S 142.3E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 17.4S 143.4E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 17.6S 144.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 18.0S 146.2E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 18.3S 147.4E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 18.6S 148.1E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 18.7S 148.7E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 18.9S 149.2E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 19.0S 149.8E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 19.2S 150.3E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 19.3S 150.9E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 19.5S 151.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 19.9S 152.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 20.0S 152.8E | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1965
- Tropical Storm RitaSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression ArletteSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression BessieSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression ConnieSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression EdnaSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression DoreenSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression UnaSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression FredaSouth Indian · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression GinetteSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression HazelSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression IrisSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression JudySouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression JudySouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression KathleenSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Storm AnnieSouth Indian · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression LesleySouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression MaureenSouth Indian · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression NancySouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression Gay:Olive:PeggySouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression DollySouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression JoanSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression MavisSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression RuthSouth Indian · 1965
- Tropical Depression RoseSouth Indian · 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.