1960s South Pacific cyclone seasons

The following is a list of all reported tropical cyclones within the South Pacific Ocean to the east of 160°E during the 1960s.

1960s South Pacific cyclone seasons
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedDecember 28, 1959
Last system dissipatedMay 4, 1969
Seasonal statistics
Total disturbances120
Total fatalities500+
Total damageUnknown
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Systems

1960
  • December 28, 1959 – January 4, 1960 – Tropical Cyclone Brigette.[1]
  • January 2–4, 1960 – A possible tropical cyclone named Delilah existed to the west of Fiji.[1]
  • January 15–20, 1960 – Tropical Cyclone Corine.[1]
  • January 17–19, 1960 – A tropical cyclone impacted northern and central Tonga.[2]
  • March 17–23, 1960 – Tropical Cyclone Flora.[1]
  • April 2–10, 1960 – Tropical Cyclone Gina.[1]

1961
  • January 9–14, 1961 – Tropical Cyclone Barberine existed near New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands, where it had a minor impact on the islands.[1][3]
  • 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 14–19, 1961 – A tropical cyclone impacted central and southern Tonga.[2]
  • March 15–21, 1961 – Tropical Cyclone Isis.[1]
  • November 29 – December 8, 1961 – Tropical Cyclone Alizor developed about 435 km (270 mi) to the southwest of Honiara in the Solomon Islands.[4][5] Over the next few days, the system moved south-eastwards and passed around 250 km (155 mi) to the west of Koumac in northern New Caledonia during December 2.[4][5] The system subsequently continued to move south-eastwards and impacted Norfolk Island, before it was last noted during December 10, while located to the northwest of New Zealand.[5][6] Alizor caused heavy rain, minor damage, river flooding and disrupted telephone communications in New Caledonia.[1][4][5]

1962
  • February 8–13, 1962 – A tropical depression moved from Vanuatu to the south of Fiji and possibly became a tropical cyclone.[1][6]
  • February 13–17, 1962 – During February 13, a tropical cyclone formed to the northwest of Palmerston Island and moved eastwards towards Aitutaki, where gale-force winds were reported.[1][7] The system subsequently moved southwards through the eastern Cook Islands, before it was last noted during February 17.[7] Within the Cook Islands, the system possibly produced hurricane-force winds over the islands, where considerable damage to houses and citrus plantations was reported on Mauke and Atiu.[7]
  • February 14–17, 1962 – A tropical cyclone existed to the east of Vanuatu and moved south-eastwards without making landfall.[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]
  • 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]

1963
  • 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]
  • 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]

1964
  • January 27 – February 2, 1964 – Tropical Cyclone Bertha.[1]
  • February 19–25, 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]
  • 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.[8] 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.[8] 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]

1965
  • 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]

1966
  • 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][8]
  • 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]
  • 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.[8]

1967
  • 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.[8] 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.[8]
  • November 10–16, 1967 – Tropical Cyclone Annie.[9]
  • December 12–20, 1967 – A tropical cyclone impacted Tokelau and the Cook Islands.[1]

1968
  • 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]
  • November 29–30, 1968 – A possible tropical cyclone between Niue and the Southern Cook Islands.[1]
  • December 11–15, 1968 – Tropical Cyclone Becky.[1]

1969
  • 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.[8]
  • 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]

1970
Main article: 1969–70 South Pacific cyclone season
  • 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 depression brought gale-force winds to both Fiji and Tonga.[1][10]
  • 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
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  2. List of tropical cyclones that has affected at least a part of Tonga from 1960 to present (PDF) (Report). Tonga Meteorological Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 19, 2008.
  3. http://www.australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/impacts-eastcoast.pdf
  4. "Les Cyclone: Dans le Pacifique Sud-Ouest". MetMar (35): 49–50. 1962. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  5. "Tropical cyclones in the northeastern Australian region 1961–62 season" (PDF). Australian Meteorological Magazine. 24: 50–75. 1962. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  6. "Météorologie Tropicale: Quelques Aspects Des Dépressions et Cyclones Tropicauxdans le Pacifique Sud-Ouest". MetMar (40): 70. 1962. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  7. Kerr, Ian S (March 1, 1976). "Tropical Storms and Hurricanes in the Southwest Pacific: November 1939 to May 1969" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  8. Gabites, John Fletcher (March 17, 1977). Information Sheet No. 9: Tropical Cyclones in Fiji: 1959/60 to 1968/69 (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  9. Gary Padgett (2002-04-22). "Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary December 2001". Retrieved 2007-10-21.
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