All storm pages · 1965 Pacific season
Tropical Storm Hazel 1965
Tropical storm · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 24 to September 27, 1965
With a peak of 50 mph, Hazel ranked tied for the second-strongest of the 10 storms of the 1965 season. It produced 5% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. Its winds rose 25 mph in the 24 hours to September 25. The name Hazel is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 270 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Tropical storm 195 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Peak 195 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Last record (tropical storm) 55 miles northeast of Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 1965 season
Storm 10 of 10 in 1965; it formed after Glenda. See the season.
Places the center passed
The best-track file has no landfall records for Pacific storms of 1965, so the track itself shows where this storm went. The center came within 50 miles of 3 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Unión, Sinaloa, Mexico | 9 mi | 50 mph | September 26 |
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 14 mi | 50 mph | September 26 |
| Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico | 23 mi | 50 mph | September 26 |
Also peaked at 50 mph
Of 210 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Natalie (1964)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Prudence (1964)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Rosalyn (1964)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Tillie (1964)no pressure recorded, no landfall record