Tropical Depression Rhoda (1972)
Tropical Depression Rhoda peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between October 20, 1971 and October 26, 1971.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Depression Rhoda, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1972 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
- October 20, 1971 to October 26, 1971
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1608 km (999 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SH021972
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 8.5S 86.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 8.5S 85.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 8.6S 85.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 8.7S 84.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 8.8S 84.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 9.0S 83.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 9.2S 83.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 9.5S 83.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 10.0S 83.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 10.7S 82.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 11.4S 82.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 12.2S 83.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 13.0S 83.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 13.6S 83.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 13.9S 83.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 14.1S 84.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 14.3S 84.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 14.5S 84.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 14.7S 84.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 14.9S 84.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 15.1S 84.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 15.2S 82.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 15.0S 81.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 14.6S 79.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 14.0S 78.0E | Mixed |
Other South Indian storms of 1972
- Tropical Depression OdetteSouth Indian · 1972
- Cyclone SallySouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression AgnesSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression BelleSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression CarolineSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression DollySouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression EugenieSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression FabienneSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Storm Gigi:TessieSouth Indian · 1972
- Cyclone VickySouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression Gigi:TessieSouth Indian · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Storm AngelaSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression HermioneSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Storm BelindaSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression CarolSouth Indian · 1972
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.