The 1965 season

Typhoon Patsy (1965)

Typhoon Patsy reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between January 17, 1965 and January 26, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Patsy, 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
January 17, 1965 to January 26, 1965
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.8
Identifier
WP011965

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
Jan 17, 00:0012.0N 126.0EDisturbance
Jan 17, 06:0011.5N 126.5EDisturbance
Jan 17, 12:0011.0N 127.0EDisturbance
Jan 17, 18:0011.1N 127.7E1006 mbMixed
Jan 18, 00:0010.9N 127.1E1006 mbMixed
Jan 18, 06:0010.3N 126.5E1004 mbMixed
Jan 18, 12:0010.3N 126.5E1006 mbMixed
Jan 18, 18:0010.8N 127.0E1004 mbMixed
Jan 19, 00:0013.1N 128.1E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Jan 19, 06:0013.6N 128.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 12:0014.0N 128.6E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0014.4N 128.8E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 00:0014.8N 129.1E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 06:0015.4N 129.2E60 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 12:0015.9N 129.4E65 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 18:0016.5N 129.6E65 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 00:0016.9N 129.3E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 06:0017.0N 128.8E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 12:0016.8N 128.1E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 18:0016.6N 127.3E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 00:0016.2N 126.3E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 06:0015.7N 125.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 12:0015.3N 124.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 18:0015.0N 124.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 00:0014.5N 123.2E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 06:0014.2N 122.7E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 12:0014.4N 122.1E1006 mbMixed
Jan 23, 18:0014.2N 121.3E1006 mbMixed
Jan 24, 00:0013.9N 120.0E1008 mbMixed
Jan 24, 06:0013.6N 119.4E1008 mbMixed
Jan 24, 12:0013.5N 118.6E1008 mbMixed
Jan 24, 18:0013.2N 117.8E1008 mbMixed
Jan 25, 00:0012.9N 117.0E1010 mbMixed
Jan 25, 06:0012.5N 116.5E1008 mbMixed
Jan 25, 12:0012.2N 115.9E1010 mbMixed
Jan 25, 18:0011.8N 115.4E1010 mbMixed
Jan 26, 00:0011.3N 115.0E1010 mbMixed

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.