Cyclone Nellie (1966)
Cyclone Nellie reached Category 1 in the South Indian between March 21, 1966 and March 28, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Nellie, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 21, 1966 to March 28, 1966
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 675 km (419 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Identifier
- SH321966
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 10.0S 99.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 10.0S 97.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 10.4S 95.4E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 11.0S 93.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 11.6S 92.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 12.5S 92.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 13.1S 91.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 23, 00:00 | 13.6S 90.5E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 14.2S 89.9E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 14.7S 89.7E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 15.3S 89.8E | 70 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 15.8S 90.0E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 16.4S 90.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 17.1S 90.4E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 17.8S 90.7E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 18.5S 91.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 19.2S 91.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 19.7S 92.1E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 20.3S 92.6E | 10 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 20.9S 93.2E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 26, 06:00 | 21.8S 94.1E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 26, 12:00 | 22.8S 95.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 23.8S 97.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 24.8S 98.4E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 27, 06:00 | 25.8S 99.5E | 10 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 26.8S 100.1E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 27.7S 100.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 28.7S 100.8E | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression AnneSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression BrendaSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression AliceSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression Amanda:GiseleSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression ClaudeSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression Carol-DaisySouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression Carol-DaisySouth Indian · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression DeniseSouth Indian · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression JoySouth Indian · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression EvelynSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression FrancineSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression LisaSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression GermaineSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression HilarySouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Storm Judith:MarthaSouth Indian · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression IvySouth Indian · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Storm Kay:NancySouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression SandraSouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression ShirleySouth Indian · 1966
- Tropical Depression LilySouth Indian · 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.