Unnamed tropical depression (1961)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the Western Pacific between June 25, 1961 and June 29, 1961, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1961 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: Western Pacific
Dates: June 25, 1961 to June 29, 1961
Peak strength: Tropical Depression
Lowest pressure: 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 0.0
Identifier: WP361961

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	Pressure	Status
Jun 25, 12:00	27.3N 133.7E		Tropical storm
Jun 25, 18:00	27.7N 133.3E		Tropical storm
Jun 26, 00:00	28.0N 133.2E	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 26, 06:00	28.5N 132.6E	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 26, 12:00	29.1N 132.2E	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 26, 18:00	29.8N 132.2E	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 27, 00:00	30.5N 132.3E	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 27, 06:00	31.0N 132.7E	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 27, 12:00	31.4N 133.2E	996 mb	Mixed
Jun 27, 18:00	32.0N 134.5E		Disturbance
Jun 28, 00:00	33.0N 135.0E		Disturbance
Jun 28, 06:00	34.0N 135.3E		Disturbance
Jun 28, 12:00	35.0N 135.2E		Disturbance
Jun 28, 18:00	35.5N 135.2E		Disturbance
Jun 29, 00:00	36.0N 135.1E		Disturbance

Other Western Pacific 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.