Unnamed tropical storm (1916)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between May 13, 1916 and May 18, 1916, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- May 13, 1916 to May 18, 1916
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Identifier
- AL011916
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 13, 12:00 | 21.0N 80.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 13, 18:00 | 22.4N 80.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 14, 00:00 | 23.8N 80.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 14, 06:00 landfall | 25.1N 81.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 12:00 | 26.2N 81.3W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 18:00 | 27.2N 81.6W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 00:00 | 27.8N 81.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 15, 06:00 | 28.3N 82.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 15, 12:00 | 29.0N 82.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 15, 18:00 | 29.9N 81.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 16, 00:00 | 31.0N 81.4W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 16, 06:00 | 32.2N 80.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 16, 12:00 | 33.5N 79.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 16, 18:00 | 35.2N 78.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 17, 00:00 | 37.1N 76.4W | 40 kt | Extratropical | |
| May 17, 06:00 | 39.0N 74.5W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| May 17, 12:00 | 41.0N 72.5W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| May 17, 18:00 | 43.0N 71.0W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| May 18, 00:00 | 45.0N 70.5W | 40 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1916
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
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- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1916
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.