The 1959 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1959)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 20 kt in the South Indian between November 16, 1958 and November 22, 1958, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1959 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 16, 1958 to November 22, 1958
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 20 kt (23 mph)
Lowest pressure
992 mb (29.29 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 536 km (333 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH021959

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 16, 06:007.9S 99.4ETropical storm
Nov 16, 12:008.0S 99.3ETropical storm
Nov 16, 18:008.1S 99.1ETropical storm
Nov 17, 00:008.1S 99.0ETropical storm
Nov 17, 06:008.2S 98.8ETropical storm
Nov 17, 12:008.6S 98.4ETropical storm
Nov 17, 18:009.0S 97.7ETropical storm
Nov 18, 00:009.4S 97.0ETropical storm
Nov 18, 06:009.8S 96.3ETropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0010.4S 95.5ETropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0011.2S 94.6ETropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0012.0S 93.9ETropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0012.9S 93.4ETropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0013.7S 93.3ETropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0014.6S 93.3ETropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0015.5S 93.2ETropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0016.4S 93.0ETropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0017.3S 92.7ETropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0018.3S 92.2ETropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0019.1S 91.6ETropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0019.9S 90.9ETropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0018.7S 90.6E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0019.2S 91.0E15 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0019.8S 91.4E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0020.4S 91.7E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0020.9S 92.1E15 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0021.4S 92.5ENot reported

Other South Indian storms of 1959

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.