Unnamed tropical depression (1961)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Pacific between March 10, 1961 and March 13, 1961.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- March 10, 1961 to March 13, 1961
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 786 km (488 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SH241961
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 10, 12:00 | 12.8S 165.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 12.7S 164.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 12.6S 163.6W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 12.5S 163.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 12.5S 162.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 12.5S 162.1W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 12.6S 161.6W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 12.8S 160.9W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 13.0S 160.2W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 13.2S 159.7W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 13.4S 159.4W | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Depression BarbarineSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Depression CatherineSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Depression IsisSouth 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.