Unnamed tropical depression (1940)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Pacific between March 15, 1940 and March 17, 1940, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1940 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 Pacific
- Dates
- March 15, 1940 to March 17, 1940
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 1940075S17158
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 17.1S 157.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 17.7S 156.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 18.3S 155.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 18.7S 154.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 19.1S 153.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 19.3S 152.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 19.4S 151.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 19.5S 150.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 19.8S 150.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 20.2S 149.6E | Not reported | ||
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 20.8S 149.2E | Not reported | ||
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 21.6S 148.9E | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1940
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1940
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1940
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1940
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1940
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1940
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1940
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1940
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.