Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 24–30, 1965
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Debbie (1965) was a tropical storm of the 1965 Atlantic season. It formed on September 24, 1965, 92 mi N of Iriona, Honduras, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on September 28, 1965, and made landfall 24 mi SSE of Galliano, Louisiana on September 29, 1965 as a tropical storm (40 mph). The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 979 miles (1,576 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 1965 · 20:00 UTC | 24 mi SSE of Galliano, Louisiana | TS 40 mph | 1002 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | 62 mi | Sep 26 · 02:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 47 mi | Sep 30 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Metairie Terrace, Louisiana | 48 mi | Sep 30 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Metairie, Louisiana | 48 mi | Sep 30 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.3°N 85.0°W | 92 mi N of Iriona, Honduras |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 17.8°N 85.5°W | 129 mi NNW of Iriona, Honduras |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.3°N 85.9°W | 138 mi ENE of San Pedro, Belize |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.0°N 86.3°W | 112 mi SSE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 19.6°N 86.7°W | 64 mi SSE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.1°N 87.1°W | 25 mi ESE of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 20.5°N 87.5°W | 20 mi N of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.0°N 87.9°W | 19 mi ESE of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 21.5°N 88.3°W | 26 mi NNW of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 22.0°N 88.8°W | 70 mi NNE of Motul, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 22.5°N 89.2°W | 89 mi NNE of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.0°N 89.6°W | 119 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.5°N 90.1°W | 156 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 24.1°N 90.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 24.8°N 90.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 25.5°N 89.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 26.2°N 89.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 27.1°N 89.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 27.9°N 89.3°W | 150 mi SSE of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 28.4°N 89.5°W | 113 mi SSE of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 28.8°N 89.8°W | 81 mi SSE of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 29.0°N 90.1°W | 56 mi SE of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 29 20:00 | TS LANDFALL | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 29.1°N 90.2°W | 46 mi SE of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 29.3°N 90.3°W | 32 mi SE of Houma, Louisiana |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Debbie made landfall once: 24 mi SSE of Galliano, Louisiana on September 29, 1965 at 20:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds.
At its peak on September 28, 1965, Debbie was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
5.5 days, from September 24, 1965 to September 30, 1965. It travelled about 979 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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