The 1963 season

Tropical Storm Nina (1963)

Tropical Storm Nina peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between October 18, 1963 and October 24, 1963.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Nina, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1963 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
October 18, 1963 to October 24, 1963
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1009 km (627 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.4
Identifier
WP211963

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
Oct 18, 00:0011.9N 155.8E30 ktTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0011.8N 154.7E35 ktMixed
Oct 18, 12:0011.6N 153.5E40 ktMixed
Oct 18, 18:0011.6N 152.5E35 ktTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0011.6N 151.8E30 ktTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0011.8N 151.2E30 ktTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0011.8N 150.5E30 ktTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0012.0N 149.8E30 ktTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0012.3N 148.0ETropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0012.5N 147.0ETropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0012.2N 145.9EDisturbance
Oct 20, 18:0011.5N 144.9EDisturbance
Oct 21, 00:0011.2N 143.8EDisturbance
Oct 21, 06:0011.1N 143.3EDisturbance
Oct 21, 12:0011.0N 142.5EDisturbance
Oct 21, 18:0011.0N 141.8EDisturbance
Oct 22, 00:0011.1N 141.1EDisturbance
Oct 22, 06:0011.2N 140.4EDisturbance
Oct 22, 12:0011.3N 139.7EDisturbance
Oct 22, 18:0011.5N 139.1EDisturbance
Oct 23, 00:0011.6N 138.2EDisturbance
Oct 23, 06:0011.7N 137.5EDisturbance
Oct 23, 12:0011.8N 136.8EDisturbance
Oct 23, 18:0011.9N 135.9EDisturbance
Oct 24, 00:0012.0N 135.0EDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 1963

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.