The 1966 season

Tropical Storm Nancy (1966)

Tropical Storm Nancy peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between November 17, 1966 and November 26, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Nancy, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 17, 1966 to November 26, 1966
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.9
Identifier
WP281966

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
Nov 17, 00:009.0N 138.0E1008 mbMixed
Nov 17, 06:009.6N 137.1E1004 mbMixed
Nov 17, 12:0010.0N 136.0E1004 mbMixed
Nov 17, 18:0010.5N 135.0E1004 mbMixed
Nov 18, 00:0010.8N 133.9E1004 mbMixed
Nov 18, 06:0011.5N 132.5E25 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 18, 12:0011.7N 130.8E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0011.9N 129.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0012.3N 127.5E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0012.7N 126.1E50 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0013.2N 125.0E60 kt976 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0013.7N 123.9E60 kt976 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0014.1N 123.0E60 kt976 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0014.6N 122.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0015.1N 121.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0015.5N 120.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0015.6N 120.2E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0015.4N 119.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0014.9N 119.4E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0014.4N 119.0E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0014.1N 118.6E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0013.9N 118.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0013.7N 117.5E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0013.6N 116.8E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0013.5N 116.3E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0013.5N 115.8E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0013.5N 115.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0013.7N 114.4E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0013.8N 114.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0013.9N 113.9E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0014.0N 113.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0014.1N 113.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0013.9N 112.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0013.8N 112.4E30 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0013.6N 111.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:0013.5N 111.4E30 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0013.3N 110.9E35 kt1010 mbMixed

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.