Unnamed tropical depression (1961)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 26 kt in the Eastern Pacific between July 20, 1961 and July 20, 1961.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 20, 1961 to July 20, 1961
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 26 kt (30 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 655 km (407 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- EP051961
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 14.2N 108.0W | 26 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 14.2N 109.2W | 26 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 14.2N 110.4W | 26 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1961
- Hurricane IvaEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm JoanneEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm KathleenEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm LizaEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm OrlaEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm PaulineEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm RebeccaEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm SimoneEastern Pacific · 1961
- Hurricane TaraEastern Pacific · 1961
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.