The 1961 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1961)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between December 15, 1960 and December 24, 1960, with a lowest pressure of 969 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
December 15, 1960 to December 24, 1960
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Lowest pressure
969 mb (28.61 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH061961

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
Dec 15, 00:007.9S 130.9ETropical storm
Dec 15, 06:008.2S 130.6ETropical storm
Dec 15, 12:008.4S 130.4ETropical storm
Dec 15, 18:008.7S 130.2ETropical storm
Dec 16, 00:008.9S 130.0ETropical storm
Dec 16, 06:009.1S 129.8ETropical storm
Dec 16, 12:009.3S 129.6ETropical storm
Dec 16, 18:009.5S 129.3ETropical storm
Dec 17, 00:009.7S 129.2ETropical storm
Dec 17, 06:009.9S 129.1ETropical storm
Dec 17, 12:009.9S 129.1ETropical storm
Dec 17, 18:0010.0S 129.0ETropical storm
Dec 18, 00:0010.0S 129.0ETropical storm
Dec 18, 06:0010.1S 128.9ETropical storm
Dec 18, 12:0010.1S 128.8ETropical storm
Dec 18, 18:0010.2S 128.8ETropical storm
Dec 19, 00:0010.2S 128.7ETropical storm
Dec 19, 06:0010.3S 128.5ETropical storm
Dec 19, 12:0010.4S 128.3ETropical storm
Dec 19, 18:0010.6S 128.1ETropical storm
Dec 20, 00:0011.0S 127.9ETropical storm
Dec 20, 06:0011.5S 127.1ETropical storm
Dec 20, 12:0012.1S 126.0ETropical storm
Dec 20, 18:0012.6S 124.8ETropical storm
Dec 21, 00:0013.0S 123.9ETropical storm
Dec 21, 06:0013.1S 123.1ETropical storm
Dec 21, 12:0013.2S 122.4ETropical storm
Dec 21, 18:0013.6S 121.6ETropical storm
Dec 22, 00:0014.0S 120.9ETropical storm
Dec 22, 06:0014.8S 120.8ETropical storm
Dec 22, 12:0015.5S 121.2ETropical storm
Dec 22, 18:0015.8S 121.9ETropical storm
Dec 23, 00:0016.0S 123.2ETropical storm
Dec 23, 06:0016.2S 124.7ETropical storm
Dec 23, 12:0016.3S 126.3ETropical storm
Dec 23, 18:0016.7S 127.8ETropical storm
Dec 24, 00:0017.0S 128.3ETropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 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.