Tropical Storm Kirsten (1966)
Tropical Storm Kirsten peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 26, 1966 and September 29, 1966, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kirsten, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 26, 1966 to September 29, 1966
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Identifier
- EP111966
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 18.5N 115.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 19.0N 115.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 19.5N 115.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 20.0N 115.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 20.4N 115.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 20.9N 115.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 21.5N 114.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 21.6N 113.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 21.6N 113.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 22.1N 112.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 23.2N 112.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 24.7N 110.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 26.3N 109.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 28.1N 108.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 29.9N 109.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1966
- Hurricane AdeleEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane BlancaEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane ConnieEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane EileenEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane FrancescaEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm GretchenEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane HelgaEastern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm IoneEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm JoyceEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm LorraineEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm MaggieEastern Pacific · 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.