The 1965 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1965)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Pacific between January 12, 1965 and January 21, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
South Pacific
Dates
January 12, 1965 to January 21, 1965
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH161965

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 12, 06:0011.0S 138.4ETropical storm
Jan 12, 12:0011.2S 139.0ETropical storm
Jan 12, 18:0011.2S 139.7ETropical storm
Jan 13, 00:0011.9S 140.3ETropical storm
Jan 13, 06:0011.9S 140.7ETropical storm
Jan 13, 12:0011.9S 141.2ETropical storm
Jan 13, 18:0011.9S 141.7ETropical storm
Jan 14, 00:0012.0S 142.3ETropical storm
Jan 14, 06:0012.1S 143.0ETropical storm
Jan 14, 12:0012.3S 143.6ETropical storm
Jan 14, 18:0012.7S 144.2ETropical storm
Jan 15, 00:0012.9S 144.6ETropical storm
Jan 15, 06:0013.2S 144.9ETropical storm
Jan 15, 12:0013.4S 145.2ETropical storm
Jan 15, 18:0013.6S 145.5ETropical storm
Jan 16, 00:0013.8S 145.9ETropical storm
Jan 16, 06:0014.0S 146.3ETropical storm
Jan 16, 12:0014.1S 146.7ETropical storm
Jan 16, 18:0014.2S 147.0ETropical storm
Jan 17, 00:0014.2S 147.4ETropical storm
Jan 17, 06:0014.1S 147.8ETropical storm
Jan 17, 12:0014.1S 148.3ETropical storm
Jan 17, 18:0014.0S 148.7ETropical storm
Jan 18, 00:0014.0S 149.2ETropical storm
Jan 18, 06:0014.0S 149.7ETropical storm
Jan 18, 12:0014.1S 150.2ETropical storm
Jan 18, 18:0014.3S 150.6ETropical storm
Jan 19, 00:0014.7S 151.1ETropical storm
Jan 19, 06:0015.1S 151.5ETropical storm
Jan 19, 12:0015.6S 151.9ETropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0016.0S 152.3ETropical storm
Jan 20, 00:0016.4S 152.8ETropical storm
Jan 20, 06:0016.9S 153.5ETropical storm
Jan 20, 12:0017.4S 154.3ETropical storm
Jan 20, 18:0017.6S 155.1ETropical storm
Jan 21, 00:0016.9S 156.1ETropical storm

Other South 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.