The 1899 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1899)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the Western Pacific between July 14, 1899 and July 23, 1899.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1899 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
July 14, 1899 to July 23, 1899
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
No; closest approach 57 km (35 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
1899196N19137

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 14, 18:0019.2N 135.9ENot reported
Jul 15, 00:0020.2N 131.7ENot reported
Jul 15, 06:0020.7N 129.4ETropical storm
Jul 15, 12:0020.7N 129.2ETropical storm
Jul 15, 18:0020.7N 129.3ETropical storm
Jul 16, 00:0021.0N 128.9ETropical storm
Jul 16, 06:0021.2N 128.6ETropical storm
Jul 16, 12:0021.4N 128.4ETropical storm
Jul 16, 18:0021.5N 128.1ETropical storm
Jul 17, 00:0021.6N 127.8ETropical storm
Jul 17, 06:0021.8N 127.5ETropical storm
Jul 17, 12:0022.0N 127.1ETropical storm
Jul 17, 18:0022.3N 126.8ETropical storm
Jul 18, 00:0022.5N 126.6ETropical storm
Jul 18, 06:0022.8N 126.3ETropical storm
Jul 18, 12:0023.2N 125.9ETropical storm
Jul 18, 18:0023.6N 125.5ETropical storm
Jul 19, 00:0024.1N 125.1ETropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0024.9N 124.6ETropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0026.0N 124.0ETropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0027.2N 123.4ETropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0028.4N 123.0ETropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0029.2N 122.7ETropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0029.8N 122.5ETropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0030.2N 122.6ETropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0030.6N 122.9ETropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0030.7N 123.2ETropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0030.6N 123.4ETropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0030.4N 123.5ETropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0030.2N 123.6ETropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0030.0N 123.8ETropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0029.8N 124.4ETropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0029.7N 125.1ETropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0029.6N 125.8ETropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1899

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.