The 1955 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1955)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between October 11, 1954 and October 23, 1954.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1955 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
October 11, 1954 to October 23, 1954
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
No; closest approach 300 km (186 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH021955

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
Oct 11, 06:007.1S 75.6ETropical storm
Oct 11, 12:007.3S 74.7ETropical storm
Oct 11, 18:007.5S 73.7ETropical storm
Oct 12, 00:007.6S 72.7ETropical storm
Oct 12, 06:007.7S 71.7ETropical storm
Oct 12, 12:007.8S 70.9ETropical storm
Oct 12, 18:008.0S 70.0ETropical storm
Oct 13, 00:008.1S 69.2ETropical storm
Oct 13, 06:008.2S 68.3ETropical storm
Oct 13, 12:008.2S 67.2ETropical storm
Oct 13, 18:008.1S 66.0ETropical storm
Oct 14, 00:007.9S 64.9ETropical storm
Oct 14, 06:007.8S 63.8ETropical storm
Oct 14, 12:007.8S 61.9ETropical storm
Oct 14, 18:007.8S 60.2ETropical storm
Oct 15, 00:007.9S 60.1ETropical storm
Oct 15, 06:008.0S 60.2ETropical storm
Oct 15, 12:008.0S 59.9ETropical storm
Oct 15, 18:008.0S 59.5ETropical storm
Oct 16, 00:008.1S 59.1ETropical storm
Oct 16, 06:008.2S 58.8ETropical storm
Oct 16, 12:008.3S 58.5ETropical storm
Oct 16, 18:008.4S 58.2ETropical storm
Oct 17, 00:008.5S 57.9ETropical storm
Oct 17, 06:008.5S 57.6ETropical storm
Oct 17, 12:008.5S 57.2ETropical storm
Oct 17, 18:008.6S 56.8ETropical storm
Oct 18, 00:008.6S 56.4ETropical storm
Oct 18, 06:008.6S 56.0ETropical storm
Oct 18, 12:008.8S 55.4ETropical storm
Oct 18, 18:009.0S 54.5ETropical storm
Oct 19, 00:009.1S 53.7ETropical storm
Oct 19, 06:009.2S 52.8ETropical storm
Oct 19, 12:009.2S 51.9ETropical storm
Oct 19, 18:009.3S 51.0ETropical storm
Oct 20, 00:009.3S 50.0ETropical storm
Oct 20, 06:009.4S 48.9ETropical storm
Oct 20, 12:009.1S 49.0ENot reported
Oct 20, 18:009.3S 48.6ENot reported
Oct 21, 00:009.5S 48.2ENot reported
Oct 21, 06:009.6S 47.7ENot reported
Oct 21, 12:009.6S 46.9ENot reported
Oct 21, 18:009.6S 46.1ENot reported
Oct 22, 00:009.6S 45.2ENot reported
Oct 22, 06:009.5S 44.5ENot reported
Oct 22, 12:009.4S 43.9ENot reported
Oct 22, 18:009.3S 43.5ENot reported
Oct 23, 00:009.2S 43.1ENot reported
Oct 23, 06:009.1S 42.8ENot reported

Other South Indian storms of 1955

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.