The 1965 season

Super Typhoon Jean (1965)

Super Typhoon Jean reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between July 24, 1965 and August 14, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Jean, 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
July 24, 1965 to August 14, 1965
Peak strength
Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
27.7
Identifier
WP161965

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
Jul 24, 00:007.1N 163.1E1007 mbMixed
Jul 24, 06:006.9N 162.3E1006 mbMixed
Jul 24, 12:006.7N 161.4E1006 mbMixed
Jul 24, 18:006.5N 160.3E1004 mbMixed
Jul 25, 00:006.5N 159.3E1006 mbMixed
Jul 25, 06:006.6N 158.2E1004 mbMixed
Jul 25, 12:006.9N 157.3E1006 mbMixed
Jul 25, 18:007.8N 156.8E1006 mbMixed
Jul 26, 00:008.6N 156.3E1004 mbMixed
Jul 26, 06:009.6N 155.3E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:009.9N 154.2E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0010.3N 153.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0010.8N 152.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0011.6N 150.3E1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0012.1N 149.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0012.4N 147.8E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0013.0N 146.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0013.9N 145.7E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0014.4N 144.4E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0014.8N 143.1E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0015.3N 141.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0015.7N 140.8E1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0016.2N 139.8E1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0016.6N 138.9E1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0017.0N 138.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0017.3N 137.1E1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0017.4N 136.1E1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0017.6N 135.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0017.5N 133.2E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0017.6N 132.3E70 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0017.4N 131.2E70 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0017.5N 131.0E70 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0017.8N 130.8E75 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0018.6N 130.5E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0019.5N 130.4E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0020.1N 129.7E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:0020.4N 129.2E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0021.1N 128.6E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0021.8N 128.3E85 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0022.4N 128.0E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0022.9N 127.7E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0023.5N 127.5E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0024.0N 127.3E110 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0024.8N 127.1E110 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0025.4N 126.9E120 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0026.1N 126.8E140 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0026.7N 127.1E140 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0027.6N 127.4E140 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0028.6N 128.0E140 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0029.6N 128.4E140 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0030.7N 129.3E130 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0032.1N 130.0E130 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0033.8N 131.0E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0035.8N 132.5E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0038.3N 134.1E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0040.7N 136.5E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0044.5N 137.8E55 kt980 mbMixed
Aug 7, 06:0045.0N 134.4E982 mbExtratropical
Aug 7, 12:0046.8N 134.3E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 7, 18:0047.5N 134.5E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 00:0048.2N 135.5E989 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 06:0049.1N 138.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 12:0050.5N 139.5E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 8, 18:0052.0N 141.0E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 00:0053.0N 143.0E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 06:0053.5N 144.9E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 12:0053.0N 146.0E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 18:0053.0N 147.0E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 00:0053.0N 148.0E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 06:0053.0N 149.0E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 12:0053.0N 150.0E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 18:0053.0N 151.0E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 00:0053.0N 152.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 06:0052.0N 153.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 12:0051.0N 155.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 18:0051.0N 157.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 00:0050.5N 159.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 06:0049.0N 162.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 12:0048.0N 166.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 18:0048.0N 168.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 00:0049.0N 170.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 06:0050.0N 171.5E995 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 12:0051.3N 174.0E995 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 18:0052.0N 177.0E995 mbExtratropical
Aug 14, 00:0053.0N 181.0EExtratropical

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.