Unnamed tropical depression (1948)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between February 18, 1948 and February 23, 1948, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1948 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
- February 18, 1948 to February 23, 1948
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SH141948
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 18, 00:00 | 15.1S 119.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 15.7S 119.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 16.2S 119.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 16.7S 119.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 17.2S 118.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 17.9S 118.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 18.5S 118.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 19.1S 117.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 19.7S 117.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 20.4S 116.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 21.1S 116.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 21.9S 115.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 22.9S 115.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 24.2S 115.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 25.5S 116.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 26.6S 117.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 27.7S 118.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 28.7S 119.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 29.8S 121.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 30.6S 122.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 30.5S 123.3E | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1948
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.