Unnamed tropical depression (1942)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Pacific between February 16, 1942 and February 21, 1942, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 16, 1942 to February 21, 1942
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 1942047S17150
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 17.4S 149.3E | Not reported | ||
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 17.8S 148.0E | Not reported | ||
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 18.2S 146.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 18.7S 144.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 19.2S 144.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 19.7S 144.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 20.0S 146.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 20.3S 148.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 20.6S 150.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 21.1S 151.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 21.7S 151.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 22.4S 152.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 22.9S 153.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 23.3S 153.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 23.6S 154.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 23.9S 154.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 24.1S 155.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 24.3S 155.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 24.6S 156.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 24.8S 156.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 25.1S 157.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 25.4S 157.7E | Not reported | ||
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 25.7S 158.4E | Not reported | ||
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 26.0S 159.2E | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1942
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.