Tropical Depression Hortense (1969)
Tropical Depression Hortense peaked at unknown kt in the South Pacific between February 13, 1969 and February 14, 1969.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Depression Hortense. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 13, 1969 to February 14, 1969
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 365 km (227 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SH211969
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 15.4S 172.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 15.8S 172.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 16.2S 172.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 16.6S 172.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 17.0S 173.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 18.1S 173.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 19.9S 174.2E | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Depression AdeleSouth Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Depression BeckySouth Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Depression BridgetSouth Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Depression ColleenSouth Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Depression IreneSouth Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Depression Audrey:BonnieSouth Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm EstherSouth Pacific · 1969
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.