1965 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
first storm formed=June 11, 1965
last storm dissipated=October 19, 1965
strongest storm=Betsy - 941 mbar (27.79 inHg), 155 mph (250 km/h)
total storms=6
major storms=1
total da
USD)
$8.64 billion (2005 USD)
total fatalities=76
basin=Atlantic hurricane
five seasons=1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 The 1965 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1965, and lasted until November 30, 1965. [Brownsville Herald. [http://www.thehurricanearchive.com/Viewer.aspx?
] Retrieved on 2008-06-06.] These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.

As a whole the 1965 season was fairly inactive, with only six tropical storms forming. The most notable storm of the season, however, was Hurricane Betsy. Betsy was one of the worst storms on record in the United States, killing 76 and causing $1.42 billion in damage (the first storm ever to reach the US$1 billion mark, equivalent to $8.5 billion in 2005 USD) in south Florida and Louisiana.

torms

Tropical Storm One

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl
Track=1965 Atlantic tropical storm 1 track.pngFormed=June 11
Dissipated=June 18
1-min winds=45A cutoff upper level low over the Gulf of Mexico helped bring an East Pacific tropical depression northward. The depression formed on June 11, and reached the Gulf on the 12th. The storm moved northeastward, hitting the Florida Panhandle on the 4th as a 50 mph tropical storm. The storm became extratropical over South Carolina, and dissipated on the 18th. The storm caused only minor damage and flooding.

Hurricane Anna

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl


Track=Anna 1965 track.pngFormed=August 21
Dissipated=August 26
1-min winds=80A tropical wave moving across the Atlantic became a tropical storm on August 21 in the central Atlantic. Anna moved northeastward and became a hurricane on the 23rd. After reaching a peak of 90 mph Anna weakened due to cool waters and upper level shear, becoming extratropical on the 25th.

Hurricane Betsy

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Track=Betsy 1965 track.pngFormed=August 27
Dissipated=September 13
1-min winds=135
Pressure=941Hurricane Betsy moved across the Atlantic, executing 2 loops before moving across south Florida and hitting Louisiana on September 9, 1965 as a Category 4 hurricane. The eye passed to the southwest of New Orleans, though the eyewall covered much of southeast Louisiana for an 8-hour period. Betsy caused $10-$12 billion (2005 US dollars) in damage, as well as 76 deaths. It was the first storm to cause $1 billion US in damage (unadjusted for inflation), thus earning it the nickname "Billion Dollar Betsy".

Hurricane Carol

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl


Track=Carol 1965 track.pngFormed=September 16
Dissipated=October 1
1-min winds=85
Pressure=974Hurricane Carol developed on September 16 in the eastern Atlantic from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa. The tropical depression moved quickly westward, becoming a tropical storm on the 17th. The fast motion impeded development for the next few days, but as it slowed down, it was able to become a hurricane on the 20th. Carol continued northward for the next 3 days, when it stalled west-southwest of the Azores for 5 days, maintaining hurricane force winds throughout. After looping, Carol turned to the northeast, reaching a peak of 100 mph (160 km/h) before weakening. It passed north of the Azores, turned to the southeast, and became extratropical west of Spain on October 1.

Tropical Storm Debbie

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl
Track=Debbie 1965 track.pngFormed=September 24
Dissipated=September 30
1-min winds=45
Pressure=1001A northwestward-moving tropical disturbance through the Caribbean Sea developed into a tropical depression on September 24 north of Honduras. It crossed over Yucatan two days later. The depression did not organize much until it reached the Gulf of Mexico, where it became a tropical storm on the 28th. Drier and cooler air was around Debbie, causing a minimal tropical storm to pass by Louisiana. It dissipated on the 30th before hitting land, but it brought heavy rain to the Mobile, Alabama area, causing $25 million in damage.

Hurricane Elena

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl
Track=Elena 1965 track.pngFormed=October 12
Dissipated=October 19
1-min winds=70
Pressure=977A very weak circulation caused by a tropical wave moved across the tropical Atlantic. It became a tropical depression on October 12, though it had little, if any, convection near the center. It slowed as it moved to the northwest, becoming a tropical storm on the 14th. Elena continued to organize, and reached hurricane force strength on the 16th while recurving out to sea. The hurricane reached a peak of 80 mph before becoming extratropical over the northern Atlantic on the 19th.

ubtropical Low One

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl
Type=subtropical
Formed=October 17
Dissipated=October 19Subtropical Low One persisted during October 17 until the 19th. [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/atlantic/atl1965/st1/] [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/atlantic/atl1965/st1/tracklst.gif]

torm names

The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1965. Names that were not assigned are marked in tcname unused.

Retirement

The name Betsy was later retired. The name Carol was also later retired after the modern naming system was instituted; however, it was not because of the 1965 storm but because of Hurricane Carol in 1954. They were replaced with Blanche and Camille.

See also

*List of Atlantic hurricanes
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

References

External links

* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1965.pdf Monthly Weather Review]