Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1965 season
Tropical Storm Rita (1965)
Rita was a tropical storm of the 1965 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from November 1, 1964 to November 11, 1964, about 10 days, and covered 1,085 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 996 mb.
- Peak wind
- 40 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 1,085 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 796th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Awo (2026), Tropical Storm Blossom (2026), Tropical Storm Bohale (2016) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 903rd lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Faida (2025), Tropical Storm Mangga (2020), Tropical Storm Bohale (2016) and 9 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1965 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.