1960s South Pacific cyclone seasons

Seasonal boundaries
First system formed| December 28, 1959
Last system dissipated| May 4, 1969
Seasonal statistics
Total disturbances| 120
Total fatalities| 500+
Total damage| Unknown
Related article

* 1960s Australian region cyclone seasons

South Pacific tropical cyclone seasons
1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970–71, 1971–72

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

## Systems

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### 1959–60

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Satellite image taken of the April 10, 1960 cyclone.

* 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]
* April 10, 1960 – An unnamed tropical cyclone was located north of New Zealand when it was captured by the TIROS-1 weather satellite, making it the first tropical cyclone with a photograph taken from a satellite.[3]

### 1960–61

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* January 9–14, 1961 – Tropical Cyclone Barberine existed near New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands, where it had a minor impact on the islands.[1][4]
* 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]

### 1961–62

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* November 29 – December 8, 1961 – Tropical Cyclone Alizor developed about 435 km (270 mi) to the southwest of Honiara in the Solomon Islands.[5][6] 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.[5][6] 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.[6][7] Alizor caused heavy rain, minor damage, river flooding and disrupted telephone communications in New Caledonia.[1][5][6]
* February 8–13, 1962 – A tropical depression moved from Vanuatu to the south of Fiji and possibly became a tropical cyclone.[1][7]
* 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][8] The system subsequently moved southwards through the eastern Cook Islands, before it was last noted during February 17.[8] 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.[8]
* 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]
* 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 Guinea.[1]

### 1963–64

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* 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 19–25, 1964 – Tropical Cyclone Edith.[1]
* March 18–25, 1964 – 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

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* 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.[9] 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.[9] 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

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* 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][9]
* 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] The storm caused significant damage in Samoa, American Samoa, Wallis et Futuna, and Tokelau, including uprooting all of Samoa's banana trees, three-quarters of its breadfruit trees, and a fifth of its coconut trees.[10]
* 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

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* 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.[9]
* 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.[9] 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.[9]

### 1967–68

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* November 10–16, 1967 – Tropical Cyclone Annie.[11]
* 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

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* 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.[9]
* 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

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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][12]
* 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 – Tropical Cyclone Fanny 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

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* South Pacific tropical cyclone
* Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
* Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
* Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
* North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969

## References

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## External links

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* Southwest Pacific Enhanced Archive for Tropical Cyclones (SPEArTC)

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