JessDudley8515 at 07:21, 25 December 2025

2025-12-25T07:21:18Z

New page

{{Short description|none}} 
{{Infobox hurricane season
|Track=1963 North Indian Ocean cyclone season summary map.png
|Basin=NIO
|Year=1963
|First storm formed=January 3, 1963<br/>{{small|(record earliest)}}
|Last storm dissipated=December 7, 1963
|Strongest storm name=Three
|Strongest storm winds=130
|Strongest storm pressure=920
|Total disturbances=17
|Total depressions=11
|Total storms=6
|Total intense=4
|Fatalities=At least 11,735
|Damages=
|five seasons=[[1961 North Indian Ocean cyclone season|1961]], [[1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season|1962]], '''1963''', [[1964 North Indian Ocean cyclone season|1964]], [[1965 North Indian Ocean cyclone season|1965]]
|Atlantic season=1963 Atlantic hurricane season
|East Pacific season=1963 Pacific hurricane season
|West Pacific season=1963 Pacific typhoon season
}}

The '''1963 North Indian Ocean cyclone season''' had no bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern [[Indian Ocean]]. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the [[Bay of Bengal]] to the east of the [[Indian subcontinent]] and the [[Arabian Sea]] to the west of India. The official [[Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre]] in this basin is the [[India Meteorological Department]] (IMD), while the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] releases unofficial advisories. An average of four to six storms form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November.<ref name="IMD">{{cite web|url=http://www.imd.ernet.in/services/cyclone/tropical-cyclone.htm |title=IMD Cyclone Warning Services: Tropical Cyclones |publisher=[[India Meteorological Department]] |accessdate=May 10, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104064430/http://www.imd.ernet.in/services/cyclone/tropical-cyclone.htm |archivedate=4 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cyclones occurring between the meridians [[45th meridian east|45°E]] and [[100th meridian east|100°E]] are included in the season by the IMD.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=India Meteorological Department |date=January 2009 |accessdate=May 10, 2013 |title=Report on Cyclonic Disturbances Over the North Indian During 2008 |url=http://www.imd.ernet.in/section/nhac/dynamic/rsmc.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529004113/http://www.imd.ernet.in/services/cyclone/tropical-cyclone.htm |archivedate=May 29, 2009 }}</ref>
{{clear}}

==Season summary==
{{center|<timeline>
ImageSize = width:800 height:210
PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:50 left:20
Legend = columns:3 left:30 top:58 columnwidth:270
AlignBars = early
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/01/1963 till:01/01/1964
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
ScaleMinor = grid:black unit:month increment:1 start:01/01/1963
Colors =
id:canvas value:gray(0.88)
id:GP value:red
id:TD value:rgb(0,0.52,0.84) legend:Depression_(31–50_km/h)
id:DD value:rgb(0.43,0.76,0.92) legend:Deep_Depression_(51–62_km/h)
id:TS value:rgb(0.3,1,1) legend:Cyclonic_Storm_(63–88_km/h)
id:ST value:rgb(0.75,1,0.75) legend:Severe_Cyclonic_Storm_(89–117_km/h)
id:VS value:rgb(1,0.85,0.55) legend:Very_Severe_Cyclonic_Storm_(118–165_km/h)
id:ES value:rgb(1,0.45,0.54) legend:Extremely_Severe_Cyclonic_Storm_(166–220_km/h)
id:SU value:rgb(0.55,0.46,0.9) legend:Super_Cyclonic_Storm_(≥221_km/h)
Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas
BarData =
barset:Hurricane
bar:Month
PlotData=
barset:Hurricane width:10 align:left fontsize:S shift:(4,-4) anchor:till
from:03/01/1963 till:05/01/1963 color:DD text:"One"
from:18/05/1963 till:29/05/1963 color:ES text:"Two"
from:25/05/1963 till:29/05/1963 color:SU text:"Three"
from:06/06/1963 till:08/06/1963 color:DD text:"Four"
from:24/06/1963 till:26/06/1963 color:TD text:"Five"
from:04/07/1963 till:06/07/1963 color:TD text:"Six"
from:09/08/1963 till:14/08/1963 color:TD text:"Seven"
barset:break
from:07/09/1963 till:16/09/1963 color:DD text:"Eight"
from:25/09/1963 till:29/09/1963 color:DD text:"Nine"
from:05/10/1963 till:07/10/1963 color:TD text:"Ten"
from:13/10/1963 till:17/10/1963 color:TS text:"Eleven"
from:19/10/1963 till:28/10/1963 color:VS text:"Twelve-Fourteen"
from:24/10/1963 till:26/10/1963 color:TD text:"Thirteen"
from:24/11/1963 till:25/11/1963 color:TD text:"Fifteen"
barset:break
from:29/11/1963 till:07/12/1963 color:TS text:"Sixteen"
from:30/11/1963 till:06/12/1963 color:DD text:"Seventeen"

bar:Month width:5 align:center fontsize:S shift:(0,-20) anchor:middle color:canvas
from:01/01/1963 till:31/01/1963 text:January
from:01/02/1963 till:28/02/1963 text:February
from:01/03/1963 till:31/03/1963 text:March
from:01/04/1963 till:30/04/1963 text:April
from:01/05/1963 till:31/05/1963 text:May
from:01/06/1963 till:30/06/1963 text:June
from:01/07/1963 till:31/07/1963 text:July
from:01/08/1963 till:31/08/1963 text:August
from:01/09/1963 till:30/09/1963 text:September
from:01/10/1963 till:31/10/1963 text:October
from:01/11/1963 till:30/11/1963 text:November
from:01/12/1963 till:31/12/1963 text:December
</timeline>}}

==Systems==

===Deep Depression One===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=DeepDepression01-1963.png
|Formed=January 3
|Dissipated=January 5
|Type1=deepdepression
|3-min winds=25
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=
}}
This tropical depression stalled for three days.<ref name="DDOne">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Deep depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=1–2}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Two===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Image=Cropped Tiros VI mosaic of Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (1963-05-24).png
|Track=ESCSTwo-1963.png
|Formed=May 18
|Dissipated=May 29
|Type1=
|3-min winds=105
|1-min winds=65
|Pressure=947
}}
On May 19, a tropical disturbance formed over the Laccadive Islands, before tracking northwest towards the Arabian peninsula. The system achieved cyclone intensity on May 22. On May 24, a [[United States Weather Bureau]] [[reconnaissance aircraft]] flew into the {{convert|12|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip}} eye of the storm, encountering winds of 193 km/h (120 mph).<ref name="david">{{cite journal|author =David Membery|title=Monsoon tropical cyclones: Part 2|journal=Weather|volume=57|issue=7|date=July 2002|doi=10.1256/004316502760195911|pages=246–255|bibcode=2002Wthr...57..246M|doi-access=free}}</ref> A ship {{convert|111|km|mi}} west of the system reported winds of {{convert|68|kn|km/h}}. At Salalah, a strong northerly wind set in during the morning of May 25. Later in the day, winds increased to [[gale]] force and a [[dust storm|sandstorm]] reduced visibility to {{convert|400|m|ft}}. Later in the day of May 26 winds again increased to [[gale]] force and another sandstorm reduced visibility to {{convert|500|m|ft}}. As winds increased to {{convert|60|kn|km/h}} the sandstorm became more severe, with visibility restricted to {{convert|50|m|ft}}. Late on the night of the 26th, winds shifted to northeast and heavy rains fell across the region through the morning hours. Skies remained cloudy with periods of rain into May 28. A total of {{convert|230|mm|in}} was recorded at Salalah.<ref name="OmanTC">{{cite journal|journal=Weather|volume=57|pages=247–255|date=July 2002|title=Monsoon Tropical Cyclones: Part 2|author=David Membery|number=7|publisher=[[Royal Meteorological Society]]|doi=10.1256/004316502760195911|bibcode = 2002Wthr...57..246M |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="SCSTwo">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Severe cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=2–5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Desai |first=Bn |date=1967-01-01 |title=On the formation, direction of movement and structure of the Arabian Sea Cyclone of 20-29 May 1963 |url=https://mausamjournal.imd.gov.in/index.php/MAUSAM/article/view/3994 |journal=MAUSAM |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=61–68 |doi=10.54302/mausam.v18i1.3994 |issn=0252-9416|doi-access=free }}</ref>

An estimated 22,000 people were reported to have died, while a further 500,000 were left homeless.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://poot.montanapetroleum.org/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/past-operations/asia-pacific/east-pakistan-1963.html|title=Pakistan 1963|website=poot.montanapetroleum.org|access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Super Cyclonic Storm Three===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=SCSThree-1963.png
|Formed=May 25
|Dissipated=May 29
|Type1=
|3-min winds=130
|1-min winds=130
|Pressure=920
}}
One of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Northern Indian Ocean. Had the lowest known pressure in the basin until it was surpassed by the [[1991 Bangladesh cyclone]].<ref name="SCSThree">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=6–9}}</ref> Killed 11,520 people in Bangladesh.<ref name="Deadliest">{{cite journal|journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society|author =Neil L. Frank|author2=S. A. Husain|author3=National Hurricane Center, Pakistan Meteorological Department|title=The Deadliest Tropical Cyclone in History?|date=June 1971|pages=438–444|volume=52|issue=6|doi=10.1175/1520-0477(1971)052<0438:TDTCIH>2.0.CO;2|bibcode=1971BAMS...52..438F|doi-access=free}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Deep Depression Four===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=DeepDepressionFour-1963.png
|Formed=June 6
|Dissipated=June 8
|Type1=
|3-min winds=30
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=991
}}
Produced torrential rains over parts of eastern India, peaking at {{convert|910|mm|in|abbr=on}} in [[Cherrapunji]].<ref name="DDFour">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Deep depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=9–11}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Depression Five===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=Depression05-1963.png
|Formed=June 24
|Dissipated=June 26
|Type1=
|3-min winds=25
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=999
}}
This tropical depression moved from east to west.<ref name="DFive">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=11–12}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Depression Six===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=Depression06-1963.png
|Formed=July 4
|Dissipated=July 6
|Type1=niodepression
|3-min winds=
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=
}}
This tropical depression moved from east to west.<ref name="DSix">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=12}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Depression Seven===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=Depression07-1963.png
|Formed=August 9
|Dissipated=August 14
|Type1=
|3-min winds=25
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=991
}}
This tropical depression moved from east to west.<ref name="DSeven">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=12–13}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Deep Depression Eight===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=Depression08-1963.png
|Formed=September 7
|Dissipated=September 16
|Type1=deepdepression
|3-min winds=25
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=990
}}
Heavy rains from the storm triggered severe flooding that killed at least 200 people.<ref name="DDEight">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Deep depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=13–14}}</ref> The storm moved from east to west.
{{clear}}

===Deep Depression Nine===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=DeepDepression09-1963.png
|Formed=September 25
|Dissipated=September 28
|Type1=
|3-min winds=30
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=996
}}
At least 15 people were killed by flooding triggered by the depression in Orissa.<ref name="DDNine">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Deep depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=15}}</ref> The storm was formerly in the Western Pacific as [[1963 Pacific typhoon season#CMA Late September Tropical Depression|an unnamed CMA tropical depression]].
{{clear}}

===Depression Ten===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=Depression10-1963.png
|Formed=October 5
|Dissipated=October 7
|Type1=niodepression
|3-min winds=30
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=995
}}
Some loss of life was reported in East Pakistan.<ref name="DTen">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=16}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Cyclonic Storm Eleven===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=CS11-1963.png
|Formed=October 13
|Dissipated=October 17
|Type1=
|3-min winds=40
|1-min winds=35
|Pressure=999
}}
<ref name="CSEleven">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=16–18}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Twelve-Fourteen===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=VSCS12-14 1963.png
|Formed=October 19
|Dissipated=October 28
|Type1=
|3-min winds=80
|1-min winds=65
|Pressure=984
}}
Significant damage and flooding took place in India, with some loss of life reported.<ref name="SCSTwelve">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=18–19}}</ref> The storm was classified under two different designations, but was reanalyzed to be one system.<ref name="SCSFourteen">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=20–22}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Depression Thirteen===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=Depression13-1963.png
|Formed=October 24
|Dissipated=October 26
|Type1=niodepression
|3-min winds=30
|1-min winds=25
|Pressure=
}}
The storm moved from south to north.<ref name="DThirteen">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=20}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Depression Fifteen===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=Depression15-1963.png
|Formed=November 24
|Dissipated=November 25
|Type1=
|3-min winds=25
|Pressure=
}}
This tropical depression moved from south to north.<ref name="DFifteen">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Depression in the Arabian Sea|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=22}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Cyclonic Storm Sixteen===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=CS16-1963.png
|Formed=November 29
|Dissipated=December 7
|Type1=
|3-min winds=35
|1-min winds=35
|Pressure=1002
}}
This cyclonic storm moved from east to west.<ref name="CSSixteen">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=22–24}}</ref>
{{clear}}

===Deep Depression Seventeen===
{{Infobox tropical cyclone small
|Basin=NIO
|Track=
|Image=DeepDepression17-1963.png
|Formed=November 30
|Dissipated=December 6
|Type1=
|3-min winds=30
|1-min winds=35
|Pressure=1004
}}
This storm moved from east to west.<ref name="DDSeventeen">{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author =India Meteorological Department|year=1963|accessdate=May 13, 2013|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Deep depression in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED272.pdf|pages=24–26}}</ref>
{{clear}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Tropical cyclones}}
* [[North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone]]
* [[List of tropical cyclone records]]
* [[1963 Atlantic hurricane season]]
* [[1963 Pacific hurricane season]]
* [[1963 Pacific typhoon season]]
* Australian region cyclone seasons: [[1962–63 Australian region cyclone season|1962–63]] [[1963–64 Australian region cyclone season|1963–64]]
* South Pacific cyclone seasons: [[1962–63 South Pacific cyclone season|1962–63]] [[1963–64 South Pacific cyclone season|1963–64]]
* South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: [[1962–63 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season|1962–63]] [[1963–64 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season|1963–64]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150517005046/http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/cyclone.htm India Meteorological Department]
*[http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC/ Joint Typhoon Warning Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809201922/http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC/ |date=2015-08-09 }}

{{TC Decades|Year=1960|basin=North Indian Ocean|type=cyclone}}
{{Tropical cyclone season|1963}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1963 North Indian Ocean Cyclone Season}}
[[Category:1963 North Indian Ocean cyclone season| ]]
[[Category:Tropical cyclones in India]]
[[Category:1963 in India]]

1963 North Indian Ocean cyclone season - Revision history

JessDudley8515 at 07:21, 25 December 2025