Unnamed tropical storm (1956)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between March 12, 1956 and March 18, 1956, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1956 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 Pacific
- Dates
- March 12, 1956 to March 18, 1956
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 30 km (19 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.0
- Identifier
- SH261956
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 20.6S 168.9E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 21.4S 168.3E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 22.1S 167.7E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 22.8S 166.8E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 23.4S 166.1E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 23.7S 166.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 24.0S 165.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 24.4S 165.5E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 24.7S 165.1E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 24.9S 164.7E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 25.0S 163.8E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 25.3S 162.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 25.5S 161.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 25.9S 159.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 26.7S 158.3E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 27.8S 157.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 29.0S 157.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 30.1S 157.6E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 31.2S 158.2E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 33.4S 159.5E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 35.6S 161.3E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 37.2S 163.2E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 38.5S 165.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 39.7S 168.2E | 30 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Tropical Depression AgnesSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1956
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.