Unnamed tropical depression (1969)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the South Pacific between April 8, 1969 and April 15, 1969, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- April 8, 1969 to April 15, 1969
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 343 km (213 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SH331969
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 11.3S 156.0E | 10 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 11.2S 155.8E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 11.1S 155.7E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 11.0S 155.5E | 10 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 10.9S 155.3E | 5 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 10.8S 155.1E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 10.9S 154.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 11.1S 154.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 11.2S 154.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 11.4S 154.3E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 11.5S 154.2E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 11.7S 154.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 11.8S 153.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 12.0S 153.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 12.2S 153.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 12.5S 153.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 12.7S 153.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 13.1S 152.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 13.5S 152.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 13.9S 152.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 13, 12:00 | 14.4S 152.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 13, 18:00 | 14.8S 152.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 14, 00:00 | 15.3S 152.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 15.8S 152.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 16.3S 152.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 16.8S 152.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 17.5S 153.3E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 18.9S 155.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 20.3S 156.9E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 21.3S 157.7E | 20 kt | 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 HortenseSouth 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
- 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.