The 1966 North Indian Ocean cyclone season had no bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...
. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...
to the east of the
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...
and the
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...
to the west of India. The official
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre
A Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) is responsible for the distribution of information, advisories, and warnings regarding the specific program they have a part of, agreed by consensus at the World Meteorological Organization as p ...
in this basin is the
India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
The Joint typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force command in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The JTWC is responsible for the issuing of tropical cyclone warnings in the North-West Pacific Ocean, South P ...
releases unofficial advisories. An average of four to six storms form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November.
Cyclones occurring between the meridians
45°E and
100°E are included in the season by the IMD.
Systems
Cyclone One (01B)
Depression Two (02B)
Depression Three (03B)
Cyclone Eight (08B)
Tropical Storm Nine (09A)
Cyclone Thirteen (13B)
A cyclone struck Madras, India on November 3, killing over 50 people and leaving 800,000 people homeless.
Cyclone Fourteen (14B)
Cyclone Fifteen (15B)
Cyclone Sixteen (16B)
Tropical Storm Seventeen (17B)
See also
*
North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone
In the Indian Ocean north of the equator, tropical cyclones can form throughout the year on either side of India, although most frequently between April and June, and between October and December.
Sub-basins
The North Indian Ocean is the lea ...
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List of tropical cyclone records
This is a condensed list of worldwide tropical cyclone records set by different storms and seasons.
Major records
See also
* List of weather records
** Tornado records
* List of the most intense tropical cyclones
*List of wettest tropi ...
*
1966 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1966 Atlantic hurricane season saw the Weather Bureau office in Miami, Florida, be designated as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and assume responsibility of tropical cyclone forecasting in the basin. The season officially began on June ...
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1966 Pacific hurricane season
The 1966 Pacific hurricane season started on May 15, 1966, and ended November 30, 1966. The season was of little note. Hurricane Blanca traveled 4,300 miles, setting a new record. During September and October of the year, Hurricane Helga and Trop ...
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1966 Pacific typhoon season
The 1966 Pacific typhoon season was an active season, with many tropical cyclones having severe impacts in China, Japan, and the Philippines. Overall, there were 49 tropical depressions declared officially or unofficially, of which 30 of ...
* Australian region cyclone seasons:
1965–66 1966–67
* South Pacific cyclone seasons:
1965–66 1966–67
* South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons:
1965–66 1966–67
References
External links
India Meteorological DepartmentJoint Typhoon Warning Center
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Tropical cyclones in India
1966 in India