Cyclone Adeline (1973)
Cyclone Adeline peaked at 70 kt in the South Pacific between January 27, 1973 and January 31, 1973, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Adeline, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1973 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 Pacific
- Dates
- January 27, 1973 to January 31, 1973
- Peak strength
- Cyclone, 70 kt (81 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.4
- Identifier
- SH171973
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 14.9S 138.7E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 15.0S 138.4E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 15.1S 138.1E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 15.1S 138.0E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 15.2S 137.9E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 15.4S 137.6E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 15.7S 137.3E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 15.9S 137.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 00:00 | 16.1S 137.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 06:00 | 16.5S 136.8E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 17.0S 136.4E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 17.7S 136.6E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 18.3S 136.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 18.8S 135.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 19.3S 134.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 19.7S 133.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 20.2S 132.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 20.8S 132.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 21.6S 131.0E | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1973
- Cyclone BebeSouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm ColletteSouth Pacific · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1973
- Cyclone DianaSouth Pacific · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm FelicitySouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Depression GlendaSouth Pacific · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm ElenoreSouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm GlendaSouth Pacific · 1973
- Cyclone KirstySouth Pacific · 1973
- Cyclone LeahSouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm HenriettaSouth Pacific · 1973
- Cyclone MadgeSouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Depression HenriettaSouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm JulietteSouth Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Depression JulietteSouth Pacific · 1973
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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.