Tropical Storm Polly (1965)
Tropical Storm Polly peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between August 28, 1965 and September 3, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Polly. 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 28, 1965 to September 3, 1965
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- WP221965
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 28, 12:00 | 18.8N 118.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 17.5N 117.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 16.5N 116.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 15.6N 116.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 15.8N 117.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 16.0N 119.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 16.7N 118.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 16.0N 118.1E | 1003 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 15.3N 118.0E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 13.4N 118.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 13.8N 117.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 14.2N 116.3E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 14.6N 115.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 15.0N 114.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 15.5N 113.4E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 16.2N 112.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 16.6N 111.7E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 16.5N 110.9E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 16.8N 109.3E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 17.3N 107.5E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 17.8N 106.0E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 17.8N 104.3E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 17.7N 101.9E | Tropical storm |
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
- Super Typhoon MaryWestern 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
- 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.