Tropical Storm Ruth (1965)

Tropical Storm Ruth peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between January 20, 1965 and January 26, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Ruth, 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 20, 1965 to January 26, 1965
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure: 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1028 km (639 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.4
Identifier: WP021965

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
Jan 20, 18:00	7.0N 150.5E		1004 mb	Mixed
Jan 21, 00:00	6.0N 150.0E	20 kt	1004 mb	Mixed
Jan 21, 06:00	7.7N 148.2E	30 kt	1002 mb	Mixed
Jan 21, 12:00	9.3N 146.3E	30 kt	1002 mb	Mixed
Jan 21, 18:00	10.8N 144.3E	40 kt	1002 mb	Mixed
Jan 22, 00:00	11.8N 142.3E	45 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 22, 06:00	12.5N 140.6E	45 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 22, 12:00	12.7N 139.3E	40 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 22, 18:00	12.8N 138.3E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 23, 00:00	13.2N 137.6E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 23, 06:00	14.2N 137.9E	40 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 23, 12:00	15.4N 138.7E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 23, 18:00	16.6N 139.6E	50 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 24, 00:00	17.8N 140.8E	60 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 24, 06:00	18.7N 142.3E	60 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 24, 12:00	19.6N 143.8E	60 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 24, 18:00	20.7N 145.8E	50 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 25, 00:00	22.3N 148.6E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 25, 06:00	23.8N 152.3E	40 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 25, 12:00	24.6N 156.3E	30 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 25, 18:00	25.9N 160.9E		998 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 26, 00:00	27.1N 167.0E		1004 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 26, 06:00	29.0N 171.0E		1004 mb	Extratropical
Jan 26, 12:00	30.0N 175.0E		1006 mb	Extratropical
Jan 26, 18:00	32.0N 182.0E			Extratropical

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.