Tropical Storm Ella (1966)
Tropical Storm Ella peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between July 22, 1966 and July 28, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 1008 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ella, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1966 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- July 22, 1966 to July 28, 1966
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1008 mb (29.77 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 404 km (251 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.2
- Identifier
- AL051966
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 10.0N 35.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 10.4N 36.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 10.9N 38.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 11.5N 40.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 12.2N 42.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 13.1N 44.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 14.0N 46.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 14.7N 48.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 15.4N 50.4W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 15.9N 52.1W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 16.4N 53.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 17.0N 54.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 17.5N 55.8W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 18.0N 57.0W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 18.4N 58.2W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 18.8N 59.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 19.3N 60.3W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 19.8N 61.1W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 20.3N 61.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 20.8N 62.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 21.4N 63.4W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 21.9N 64.3W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 22.5N 65.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 23.1N 66.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1966
- Hurricane AlmaNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane BeckyNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane CeliaNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane DorothyNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane FaithNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm GretaNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm HallieNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane InezNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm JudithNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm KendraNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane LoisNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.