1965 Atlantic hurricane season (GiedriusforCat5 WMHB)

The 1965 Atlantic hurricane season was the first to use the modern-day bounds for an Atlantic hurricane season, which are June 1 to November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. It was an inactive season, with only 6 named storms developing, 4 of them reaching hurricane strength, and only one exceeding major hurricane intensity. The first system, a depression that developed in the Eastern Pacific on June 11th, re-developed in the Atlantic on June 14th, and later became tropical storm Anna, making landfall in Florida in mid June. July featured two tropical depressions, with the next named storm developing only in August.

Carla was the most devastating storm of the season, as well as the costliest Atlantic storm on record until 1969, and the most powerful Atlantic hurricane by windspeed since Hurricane Three (Labor Day Hurricane) of 1935. Carla impacted the Bahamas, Florida, and the United States Gulf coast, causing catastrophic damage in Andros Island in the Bahamas, and New Orleans, where it made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane. Its damages reached $2.1 billion (1965 USD), and its death toll reached 104. The rest of the season was not particularly eventful, with Dinah becoming a category 2 hurricane as it meandered in the Northern Atlantic, Esther causing some more damages to a devastated New Orleans, and Frances staying offshore, causing no damages. Overall, the storms of 1965 caused $2.327 billion in damages (1965 USD), becoming the costliest Atlantic hurricane season until 1969, and killed 153.

Storm names
The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1965. The name Carla was later retired. It was replaced with Camille for use in the 1969 season. Names that were not assigned are marked in.