The 1952 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1952)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between May 10, 1952 and May 28, 1952, 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
May 10, 1952 to May 28, 1952
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH241952

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
May 10, 06:007.6S 71.8ETropical storm
May 10, 12:008.3S 71.3ETropical storm
May 10, 18:008.6S 70.8ETropical storm
May 11, 00:008.7S 70.2ETropical storm
May 11, 06:008.7S 69.6ETropical storm
May 11, 12:008.7S 69.0ETropical storm
May 11, 18:008.7S 68.5ETropical storm
May 12, 00:008.7S 68.0ETropical storm
May 12, 06:008.8S 67.5ETropical storm
May 12, 12:008.8S 67.0ETropical storm
May 12, 18:008.8S 66.4ETropical storm
May 13, 00:008.3S 65.9ETropical storm
May 13, 06:007.8S 65.3ETropical storm
May 13, 12:007.9S 64.7ETropical storm
May 13, 18:008.0S 64.0ETropical storm
May 14, 00:008.0S 63.5ETropical storm
May 14, 06:008.1S 63.1ETropical storm
May 14, 12:008.1S 62.6ETropical storm
May 14, 18:008.2S 62.0ETropical storm
May 15, 00:008.2S 61.4ETropical storm
May 15, 06:008.3S 60.8ETropical storm
May 15, 12:008.3S 60.2ETropical storm
May 15, 18:008.4S 59.6ETropical storm
May 16, 00:008.4S 59.1ETropical storm
May 16, 06:008.5S 58.6ETropical storm
May 16, 12:008.6S 58.1ETropical storm
May 16, 18:008.8S 57.6ETropical storm
May 17, 00:008.9S 57.1ETropical storm
May 17, 06:009.0S 56.7ETropical storm
May 17, 12:009.1S 56.5ETropical storm
May 17, 18:009.2S 56.3ETropical storm
May 18, 00:009.3S 55.9ETropical storm
May 18, 06:009.4S 55.6ETropical storm
May 18, 12:009.5S 55.4ETropical storm
May 18, 18:009.6S 55.3ETropical storm
May 19, 00:009.7S 55.1ETropical storm
May 19, 06:009.9S 54.9ETropical storm
May 19, 12:0010.1S 54.6ETropical storm
May 19, 18:0010.3S 54.3ETropical storm
May 20, 00:0010.5S 54.1ETropical storm
May 20, 06:0010.7S 53.9ETropical storm
May 20, 12:0010.9S 53.7ETropical storm
May 20, 18:0011.2S 53.5ETropical storm
May 21, 00:0011.4S 53.3ETropical storm
May 21, 06:0011.6S 53.1ETropical storm
May 21, 12:0011.8S 52.9ETropical storm
May 21, 18:0012.0S 52.8ETropical storm
May 22, 00:0012.2S 52.7ETropical storm
May 22, 06:0012.4S 52.5ETropical storm
May 22, 12:0012.6S 52.4ETropical storm
May 22, 18:0012.8S 52.2ETropical storm
May 23, 00:0013.0S 52.0ETropical storm
May 23, 06:0013.2S 51.8ETropical storm
May 23, 12:0013.4S 51.7ETropical storm
May 23, 18:0013.6S 51.6ETropical storm
May 24, 00:0013.8S 51.5ETropical storm
May 24, 06:0014.0S 51.1ETropical storm
May 24, 12:0014.2S 50.1ETropical storm
May 24, 18:0014.5S 49.0ETropical storm
May 25, 00:0014.5S 48.2ETropical storm
May 25, 06:0014.5S 47.3ETropical storm
May 25, 12:0014.6S 46.4ETropical storm
May 25, 18:0014.9S 45.3ETropical storm
May 26, 00:0015.5S 43.9ETropical storm
May 26, 06:0016.2S 42.5ETropical storm
May 26, 12:0017.0S 41.3ETropical storm
May 26, 18:0018.0S 40.3ETropical storm
May 27, 00:0019.4S 39.7ETropical storm
May 27, 06:0020.9S 39.7ETropical storm
May 27, 12:0022.0S 40.1ETropical storm
May 27, 18:0023.0S 40.8ETropical storm
May 28, 00:0023.9S 41.6ETropical storm
May 28, 06:0024.7S 42.6ETropical 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.