The 1951 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1951)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the Western Pacific between July 22, 1951 and July 26, 1951, with a lowest pressure of 1005 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1951 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
July 22, 1951 to July 26, 1951
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Lowest pressure
1005 mb (29.68 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 179 km (111 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
1951203N22144

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 22, 00:0021.5N 144.3E1008 mbMixed
Jul 22, 06:0022.6N 142.8E1008 mbMixed
Jul 22, 12:0023.7N 141.5E1008 mbMixed
Jul 22, 18:0024.7N 140.3E1008 mbMixed
Jul 23, 00:0025.6N 139.4E1008 mbMixed
Jul 23, 06:0026.4N 138.7E1008 mbMixed
Jul 23, 12:0027.3N 138.0E1008 mbMixed
Jul 23, 18:0028.4N 137.5E1006 mbMixed
Jul 24, 00:0029.3N 137.0E1006 mbMixed
Jul 24, 06:0030.0N 136.6E1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0030.6N 136.3E1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0031.0N 136.3E1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0031.5N 136.6E1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0031.8N 137.0E1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0032.2N 137.5E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0032.6N 138.0E1010 mbMixed
Jul 26, 00:0033.0N 138.6E1011 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1951

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.