The 1952 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1952)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between November 17, 1951 and November 30, 1951, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1952 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
South Indian
Dates
November 17, 1951 to November 30, 1951
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH011952

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
Nov 17, 06:005.7S 73.2ETropical storm
Nov 17, 12:005.7S 72.8ETropical storm
Nov 17, 18:005.8S 72.5ETropical storm
Nov 18, 00:005.8S 72.2ETropical storm
Nov 18, 06:005.9S 71.9ETropical storm
Nov 18, 12:005.9S 71.6ETropical storm
Nov 18, 18:006.0S 71.3ETropical storm
Nov 19, 00:006.1S 70.9ETropical storm
Nov 19, 06:006.2S 70.3ETropical storm
Nov 19, 12:006.2S 69.7ETropical storm
Nov 19, 18:006.3S 69.0ETropical storm
Nov 20, 00:006.3S 68.5ETropical storm
Nov 20, 06:006.4S 68.0ETropical storm
Nov 20, 12:006.5S 67.3ETropical storm
Nov 20, 18:006.6S 66.6ETropical storm
Nov 21, 00:006.6S 65.9ETropical storm
Nov 21, 06:006.7S 65.1ETropical storm
Nov 21, 12:006.7S 64.1ETropical storm
Nov 21, 18:006.8S 63.0ETropical storm
Nov 22, 00:006.8S 62.0ETropical storm
Nov 22, 06:006.9S 61.0ETropical storm
Nov 22, 12:006.9S 60.4ETropical storm
Nov 22, 18:007.0S 59.8ETropical storm
Nov 23, 00:007.1S 59.1ETropical storm
Nov 23, 06:007.2S 58.4ETropical storm
Nov 23, 12:007.2S 57.6ETropical storm
Nov 23, 18:007.3S 56.8ETropical storm
Nov 24, 00:007.4S 56.0ETropical storm
Nov 24, 06:007.6S 55.1ETropical storm
Nov 24, 12:007.8S 54.1ETropical storm
Nov 24, 18:008.0S 53.0ETropical storm
Nov 25, 00:008.2S 52.2ETropical storm
Nov 25, 06:008.3S 51.3ETropical storm
Nov 25, 12:008.6S 50.2ETropical storm
Nov 25, 18:009.2S 49.0ETropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0010.0S 47.9ETropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0010.8S 47.0ETropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0011.3S 46.3ETropical storm
Nov 26, 18:0011.8S 45.6ETropical storm
Nov 27, 00:0012.5S 44.9ETropical storm
Nov 27, 06:0013.1S 44.2ETropical storm
Nov 27, 12:0013.6S 43.7ETropical storm
Nov 27, 18:0014.0S 43.2ETropical storm
Nov 28, 00:0014.3S 42.7ETropical storm
Nov 28, 06:0014.7S 42.2ETropical storm
Nov 28, 12:0015.1S 41.7ETropical storm
Nov 28, 18:0015.6S 41.2ETropical storm
Nov 29, 00:0016.1S 40.5ETropical storm
Nov 29, 06:0016.7S 39.8ETropical storm
Nov 29, 12:0017.2S 39.5ETropical storm
Nov 29, 18:0017.8S 39.3ETropical storm
Nov 30, 00:0018.4S 39.1ETropical storm
Nov 30, 06:0019.0S 38.9ETropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 1952

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.