Tropical Depression Irene (1969)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

February 16, 1969 to February 25, 1969

Peak strength

Tropical Depression

Lowest pressure

988 mb (29.18 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

0.0

Identifier

SH241969

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.

• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression AdeleSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression30 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Depression BeckySouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression BridgetSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression1002 mb
• Tropical Depression ColleenSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression963 mb
• Tropical Depression HortenseSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression Audrey:BonnieSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression975 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Storm40 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression30 kt · 996 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Depression30 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm EstherSouth Pacific · 1969Tropical Storm55 kt · 992 mb

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.

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.