Super Typhoon Mary (1965)
Super Typhoon Mary reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between August 14, 1965 and August 25, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Super Typhoon Mary. 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- August 14, 1965 to August 25, 1965
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 20.0
- Identifier
- WP191965
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 19.8N 138.5E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 19.8N 137.8E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 19.8N 136.9E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 19.7N 136.1E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 19.4N 135.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 19.5N 134.3E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 19.5N 133.4E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 19.3N 132.8E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 19.3N 132.3E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 19.7N 131.9E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 19.9N 131.1E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 20.3N 130.3E | 110 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 20.8N 129.5E | 125 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 21.4N 128.6E | 150 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 22.3N 127.4E | 150 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 23.0N 125.9E | 150 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 23.5N 124.6E | 150 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 24.0N 123.7E | 140 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 24.3N 122.7E | 100 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 24.6N 121.6E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 24.7N 121.2E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 24.8N 120.7E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 26.4N 119.3E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 26.2N 119.7E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 26.4N 119.2E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 26.4N 118.8E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Mixed |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 27.4N 119.3E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 28.5N 119.4E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 29.9N 119.9E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 31.1N 120.6E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 32.3N 121.0E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 33.1N 121.3E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 34.0N 122.0E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 34.9N 122.6E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 35.9N 123.4E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 36.9N 123.8E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 37.5N 124.0E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 38.3N 124.4E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 39.4N 128.3E | 1001 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 41.0N 130.0E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 42.0N 134.0E | 1003 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 43.0N 136.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 44.0N 138.0E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 46.0N 140.0E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 47.0N 141.0E | 998 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon PatsyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm RuthWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm SarahWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm VeraWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon WandaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon AmyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon CarlaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon BabeWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm EmmaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon FredaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm GildaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon HarrietWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon JeanWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon IvyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm KimWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon LucyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon OliveWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm PollyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon RoseWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon TrixWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon VirginiaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm WendyWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Depression AgnesWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm AgnesWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1965
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm ElaineWestern Pacific · 1965
- Super Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1965
- Tropical Storm GloriaWestern Pacific · 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.