1960s South Pacific cyclone seasons
Appearance
1960s South Pacific cyclone seasons | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | January 9, 1961 |
Last system dissipated | May 4, 1969 |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total disturbances | 120 |
Total fatalities | 500+ |
Total damage | Unknown |
Related article | |
The following is a list of all reported tropical cyclones within the South Pacific Ocean to the east of 160°E after the start of World War 2 in September 1939 and before the start of the satellite era during the 1969-70 Season.
Systems
1960-61
- January 9 - 14, 1961 - Tropical Cyclone Barberine existed near New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands, where it had a minor impact on the islands.[1][2]
- February 3 - 11, 1961 - Tropical Cyclone Catherine.[1]
- March 3 - 12, 1961 - A possible tropical cyclone impacted Tuvalu, Samoa and the Northern Cook Islands.[1]
- March 12 - 19, 1961 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Northern Cook Islands and French Polynesia's Society Islands. It is thought that this system might have been two separate tropical cyclones rather than one.[1]
- March 15 - 21, 1961 - Tropical Cyclone Isis.[1]
1961-62
- November 29 - 30, 1961 - A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia where minor damage was reported.[1]
- February 9 - 13, 1962 - A possible tropical cyclone moved from Vanuatu to the south of Fiji.[1]
- February 14 - 17, 1962 - A tropical cyclone existed to the east of Vanuatu and south-eastwards without making landfall.[1]
- February 14 - 17, 1962 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Cook Islands.[1]
- February 18 - 19, 1962 - A tropical cyclone was located to the southwest of Palmerston Island in the Cook Islands.[1]
- February 27 - March 2, 1962 - A tropical cyclone existed in between Vanuatu and New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands.[1]
1962-63
- November 10 - 14, 1962 - A tropical cyclone existed near New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands and moved south-eastwards towards the Kermadic Islands.[1]
- December 22 - 25, 1962 - A tropical cyclone existed to the south of Samoa and moved south-eastwards to the south of the Cook Islands where it caused gale-force winds on Palmerston Island.[1]
- January 15 - 18, 1963 - A tropical cyclone moved through the islands of Vanuatu where it caused no significant damage.[1]
- January 18 - 21, 1963 - A possible tropical cyclone moved from Vanuatu to the south of Fiji.[1]
- January 29 - February 2, 1963 - A possible tropical cyclone existed in the Coral Sea to the north of New Caledonia.[1]
- February 16 - 20, 1963 - A tropical cyclone moved south-westwards within the Coral Sea, however, it did not make landfall on any island nation.[1]
- March 1 - 6, 1963 - A tropical cyclone existed within the Coral Sea and moved south-eastwards between Vanuatu and New Caledonia.[1]
- March 7 - 18, 1963 - A tropical cyclone impacted Tonga, Niue and the Southern Cook Islands.[1]
- April 1 - 6, 1963 - A tropical cyclone existed to the southeast of New Caledonia.[1]
- April 20 - 26, 1963 - A tropical cyclone existed within the Coral Sea to the southeast of New Guniea.[1]
1963-64
- November 15 - 25, 1963 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu.[1]
- December 15 - 23, 1963 - A tropical cyclone was observed over the north-eastern Coral Sea, as it moved through the Santa Cruz Islands before it moved southeastwards to the west of Fiji.[1]
- January 27 - February 2, 1964 - Tropical Cyclone Bertha.[1]
- February 19 - February 25, 1964 - Tropical Cyclone Edith.[1]
- March 18 - 25, 1864 - One or two tropical cyclones existed to the east of Vanuatu and moved south-eastwards towards southern Fiji.[1]
- March 20, 1964 - A possible tropical cyclone possibly moved south-eastwards from New Caledonia to the south of Fiji.[1]
- March 28 - April 7, 1964 - Tropical Cyclone Henrietta.[1]
- June 13, 1964 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Samoan Islands, where 250 people were killed.[1]
1964-65
- November 19 - December 1, 1964 - During November 19, a tropical cyclone was identified near Rotuma, before a plane from the Royal New Zealand Air Force provided information on the system's position during the next day.[3] Over the next few days, the system moved south-eastwards and passed near Fiji's Vanua Levu and northern Lau Islands, causing minor damage to houses and coconut trees.[1] After impacting Fiji, the system appeared to perform a loop, before it moved eastwards between the Tongan islands of Tongatapu and Haʻapai.[3] After moving south of Niue, the system turned south-eastwards, before it was last noted during December 1.[1]
- December 5 - 8, 1964 - A small tropical cyclone developed to the northwest of Rotuma, before hurricane-force winds were reported on the island during December 5, as it passed just to the east of the Fijian dependency.[1] Over the next few days, the system moved south-westwards and impacted the Lau Islands, before it dissipated near Tonga during December 8.[1]
- December 18 - 22, 1964 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji.[1]
- January 14 - 16, 1965 - A possible tropical cyclone moved from Vanuatu to the south of Fiji.[1]
- February 4 - 12, 1965 - A tropical cyclone impacted Wallis and Futuna and Fiji.[1]
- February 18 - 19, 1965 - A possible tropical cyclone named Lucile impacted Vanuatu.[1]
- February 24 - 28, 1965 - A possible tropical cyclone named Olga existed to the east of New Caledonia.[1]
1965-66
- January 26 - February 6, 1966 - A tropical cyclone developed to the north of Fiji and later impacted Wallis and Futuna, Samoa and the Southern Cook Islands.[1][3]
- January 29 - 31, 1966 - A tropical cyclone caused gale-force winds on Palmerston Island and Aitutaki, as it moved through the Southern Cook Islands.[1]
- February 13, 1966 - A possible tropical cyclone was located to the east of Tokelau.[1]
- February 23 - March 2, 1966 - Tropical Cyclone Connie was located within the north-eastern Coral Sea and moved westwards, before it recurved south-eastwards to pass to the west of New Caledonia.[1]
- March 12 - 16, 1966 - A tropical cyclone moved southeastwards between Vanuatu and New Caledonia.[1]
- April 26 - 28, 1966 - A possible tropical cyclone existed to the west of French Polynesia's Society Islands and south of the Austral Islands.[1]
1966-67
- November 13 - 19, 1966 - Tropical Cyclone Angela impacted the Solomon Islands.[1]
- December 4 - 9, 1966 - A tropical cyclone moved south-eastwards over Viti Levu and the Lau Islands, where it caused some damage to banana trees and bures.[3]
- January 23 - 31, 1967 - Tropical Cyclone Dinah developed near the Solomon Islands, before it moved south-westwards into the Australian region.[1]
- February 1 - 8, 1967 - Tropical Cyclone Agnes developed to the east of northern Vanuatu and moved southeastwards between the island nation and New Caledonia.[1]
- February 18 - 22, 1967 - Tropical Cyclone Barbara.[1]
- February 23 - 27, 1967 - A possible tropical cyclone moved from Vanuatu to the south of Fiji.[1]
- March 16 - 17, 1967 - Tropical Cyclone Glenda.[1]
- April 7 - 14, 1967 - During April 7, a tropical cyclone developed to the northeast of Rotuma and moved southwards where it made landfall on Vanua Levu during April 9.[3] Over the next couple of days, the system moved south-southeastwards to the east of Suva, near the island of Matuku and to the west of Ono-I-Lau. Severe damage was reported.[3]
1967-68
- November 10 - 16, 1967 - Tropical Cyclone Annie.[4]
- December 12 - 20, 1967 - A tropical cyclone impacted Tokelau and the Cook Islands.[1]
- January 14 - 24, 1968 - Tropical Cyclone Brenda.[1]
- January 27 - 30, 1968 - A possible tropical cyclone developed within the Coral Sea and moved eastwards through Vanuatu.[1]
- February 7 - 13, 1968 - A tropical cyclone impacted Samoa and Niue.[1]
- February 20 - 24, 1968 - A tropical cyclone developed to the southeast of New Caledonia and moved southwards towards Norfolk Island.[1]
- March 1 - 5, 1968 - Tropical Cyclone Florence.[1]
- March 20 - 25, 1968 - A tropical cyclone existed to the south of Fiji.[1]
- April 5 - 10, 1968 - Tropical Cyclone Giselle.[1]
1968-69
- November 29 - 30, 1968 - A possible tropical cyclone between Niue and the Southern Cook Islands.[1]
- December 11 - 15, 1968 - Tropical Cyclone Becky.[1]
- January 11–17, 1969 - A tropical cyclone impacted Wallis and Futuna before impacting Tonga.[1]
- January 28 - February 5, 1969 - Tropical Cyclone Colleen.[1]
- February 12–16, 1969 - Tropical Cyclone Hortense.[1]
- February 17–21, 1969 - Tropical Cyclone Irene.[1]
- February 25 - 28, 1969 - A tropical cyclone developed to the north of Fiji and moved south-eastwards towards Tonga.[3]
- February 26 - March 2, 1969 - A possible tropical cyclone near the Solomon Islands to the east of Vanuatu.[1]
- April 26 - May 4, 1969 - Tropical Cyclone Esther.[1]
1969-70
- January 2 - 19, 1970 - Severe Tropical Cyclone Ada's precursor tropical depression performed a large clockwise loop, near the Solomon Islands before it ultimately made landfall on Queensland, Australia.[1]
- January 9, 1970 - An area of low pressure with three weak centres, existed between Fiji, Rotuma and Samoa. Two of these centres developed further and brought gale-force winds to Tokelau, Samoa and Tuvalu.[1]
- January 11 - 12, 1970 - A tropical cyclone brought gale-force winds to both Fiji and Tonga.[1]
- February 10 - 19, 1970 - Tropical Cyclone Dawn.[1]
- February 11 - 23, 1970 - Tropical Cyclone Dolly.[1]
- February 28 - March 2, 1970 - Tropical Cyclone Emma.[1]
- April 2 - 4, 1970 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu and New Caledonia.[1]
- April 8 - 10, 1970 - Tropical Cyclone Gillian.[1]
- April 12 - 18, 1970 - Tropical Cyclone Helen.[1]
- April 13 - 19, 1970 - Tropical Cyclone Isa.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx d'Aubert, AnaMaria; Nunn, Patrick D. "Database 1: Tropical Cyclones (1558 - 1970)". Furious Winds and Parched Islands: Tropical Cyclones (1558–1970) and Droughts (1722–1987) in the Pacific. pp. 58–171. ISBN 978-1-4691-7008-4.
- ^ http://www.australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/impacts-eastcoast.pdf
- ^ a b c d e f g Gabites, John Fletcher (March 17, 1977). Information Sheet No. 9: Tropical Cyclones in Fiji: 1959/60 to 1968/69 (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
- ^ Gary Padgett (2002-04-22). "Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary December 2001". Retrieved 2007-10-21.
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