Tropical Storm Nellie (1973)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

March 13, 1973 to March 23, 1973

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)

Lowest pressure

964 mb (28.47 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 179 km (111 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

7.4

Identifier

SH301973

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.

• Tropical Depression ArianeSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression ArianeSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression Beatrice:IvySouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression CharlotteSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Cyclone JeanSouth Indian · 1973Cyclone80 kt · 964 mb
• Tropical Depression DorotheeSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression EmmanuelleSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression FaustineSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Cyclone KerrySouth Indian · 1973Cat 285 kt · 960 mb
• Tropical Depression Gertrude:LeilaSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression HortenseSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm MaudSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Depression JessySouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression IsisSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression KittySouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression JessySouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression LeahSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression LydieSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression LeahSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression LeahSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm BellaSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Storm40 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm PaulaSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Depression RomaSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression
• Cyclone FloresSouth Indian · 1973 · 1,650 deathsCyclone80 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm MarcelleSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Storm60 kt · 972 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1973Tropical Depression

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.