Tropical Depression Frances (1964)
Tropical Depression Frances peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between February 19, 1964 and February 24, 1964, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Depression Frances, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1964 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 19, 1964 to February 24, 1964
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SH171964
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 11.2S 57.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 11.6S 56.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 12.2S 56.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 13.0S 56.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 13.7S 56.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 14.1S 55.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 14.3S 54.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 14.4S 54.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 14.5S 53.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 14.8S 53.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 15.1S 52.6E | Mixed | ||
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 15.3S 52.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 15.5S 51.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 15.8S 51.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 16.2S 51.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 16.7S 50.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 17.2S 50.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 17.6S 49.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 18.0S 49.0E | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1964
- Tropical Depression AmandaSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression AmandaSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression AmandaSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression BettySouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression BessieSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression ChristineSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression DanielleSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression DoraSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression EileenSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression GiselleSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Storm EvaSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression HarrietSouth Indian · 1964
- Cyclone HazelSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression KatieSouth Indian · 1964
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression IngridSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression NormaSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression JoseSouth Indian · 1964
- Tropical Depression KarenSouth Indian · 1964
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.