Tropical Storm Rita (1965)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

November 1, 1964 to November 11, 1964

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)

Lowest pressure

996 mb (29.41 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 229 km (142 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

0.1

Identifier

SH011965

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.

• Cyclone FloraSouth Indian · 1965Cat 165 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Depression ArletteSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression BessieSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression ConnieSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression EdnaSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression DoreenSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression UnaSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression1000 mb
• Tropical Depression FredaSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression GinetteSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression HazelSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression IrisSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression JudySouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression986 mb
• Tropical Depression JudySouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression KathleenSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm AnnieSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Storm40 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression LesleySouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression MaureenSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression NancySouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression Gay:Olive:PeggySouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression DollySouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression972 mb
• Tropical Depression JoanSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression965 mb
• Tropical Depression MavisSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression986 mb
• Tropical Depression RuthSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression972 mb
• Tropical Depression RoseSouth Indian · 1965Tropical Depression

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.

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.