Unnamed tropical depression (1916)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between May 23, 1916 and May 29, 1916.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1916 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- May 23, 1916 to May 29, 1916
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 66 km (41 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 1916144S10066
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 06:00 | 9.7S 65.6E | Not reported | ||
| May 23, 12:00 | 9.8S 65.5E | Not reported | ||
| May 23, 18:00 | 9.8S 65.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 24, 00:00 | 10.0S 65.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 24, 06:00 | 10.3S 65.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 24, 12:00 | 10.6S 64.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 24, 18:00 | 11.0S 64.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 25, 00:00 | 11.4S 64.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 25, 06:00 | 11.9S 63.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 25, 12:00 | 12.8S 62.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 25, 18:00 | 13.7S 62.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 26, 00:00 | 14.7S 61.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 26, 06:00 | 15.8S 60.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 26, 12:00 | 16.9S 59.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 26, 18:00 | 18.1S 58.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 27, 00:00 | 19.5S 58.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 27, 06:00 | 20.7S 58.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 27, 12:00 | 21.5S 59.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 27, 18:00 | 22.1S 59.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 28, 00:00 | 22.6S 60.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 28, 06:00 | 23.0S 61.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 28, 12:00 | 23.3S 61.8E | Not reported | ||
| May 28, 18:00 | 23.5S 62.2E | Not reported | ||
| May 29, 00:00 | 23.7S 62.4E | Not reported | ||
| May 29, 06:00 | 23.9S 62.5E | Not reported |
Other South Indian storms of 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1916
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.