The 1966 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1966)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the Western Pacific between October 28, 1966 and November 3, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
October 28, 1966 to November 3, 1966
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Lowest pressure
995 mb (29.38 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1421 km (883 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP371966

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
Oct 28, 18:0010.0N 161.1E1005 mbMixed
Oct 29, 00:0010.1N 160.0E1005 mbMixed
Oct 29, 06:0010.3N 159.1E1004 mbMixed
Oct 29, 12:0010.4N 158.2E1004 mbMixed
Oct 29, 18:0010.5N 157.1E1002 mbMixed
Oct 30, 00:0010.5N 156.2E1002 mbMixed
Oct 30, 06:0010.5N 155.2E1000 mbMixed
Oct 30, 12:0010.5N 154.2E1004 mbMixed
Oct 30, 18:0010.6N 153.2E1000 mbMixed
Oct 31, 00:0010.6N 152.3E1000 mbMixed
Oct 31, 06:0010.9N 151.6E1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 31, 12:009.7N 150.8E1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 31, 18:0010.7N 149.8E995 mbTropical depression
Nov 1, 00:0011.9N 150.4E995 mbTropical depression
Nov 1, 06:0013.0N 150.9E998 mbTropical depression
Nov 1, 12:0014.1N 151.4E998 mbTropical depression
Nov 1, 18:0015.2N 152.0E998 mbTropical depression
Nov 2, 00:0016.4N 152.6E998 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 06:0017.5N 153.3E998 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 12:0018.7N 153.9E998 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 18:0019.7N 154.4E1000 mbMixed
Nov 3, 00:0021.0N 155.0E1000 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.