The 1965 season

Typhoon Wanda (1965)

Typhoon Wanda reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between April 11, 1965 and April 17, 1965, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Wanda, 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
April 11, 1965 to April 17, 1965
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.5
Identifier
WP061965

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
Apr 11, 00:006.0N 158.1E1009 mbMixed
Apr 11, 06:007.0N 157.1E1007 mbMixed
Apr 11, 12:008.0N 155.7E1006 mbMixed
Apr 11, 18:008.3N 153.9E1004 mbMixed
Apr 12, 00:007.6N 152.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 06:008.1N 150.6E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 12:008.2N 149.2E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 18:007.8N 147.9E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 00:007.7N 146.7E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 06:007.8N 145.4E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 12:008.3N 144.3E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 18:008.6N 143.3E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 00:008.6N 141.3E65 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 06:009.1N 139.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 12:009.8N 137.3E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 18:0010.0N 134.8E1008 mbMixed
Apr 15, 00:0010.2N 132.8E1009 mbMixed
Apr 15, 06:0010.5N 131.0E1008 mbMixed
Apr 15, 12:0010.6N 130.0E1010 mbMixed
Apr 15, 18:0010.8N 129.1E1010 mbMixed
Apr 16, 00:0011.0N 128.4E1008 mbMixed
Apr 16, 06:0011.1N 127.6E1008 mbMixed
Apr 16, 12:0010.9N 126.7E1008 mbMixed
Apr 16, 18:0010.1N 125.4E1006 mbMixed
Apr 17, 00:009.0N 124.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 06:009.0N 123.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 12:009.0N 122.0E1006 mbTropical storm

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.