Tropical Storm Selma (1975)
Tropical Storm Selma peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between November 29, 1974 and December 9, 1974, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Selma, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1975 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
- November 29, 1974 to December 9, 1974
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Identifier
- SH031975
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 00:00 | 9.0S 127.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 29, 06:00 | 9.5S 127.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 29, 12:00 | 9.8S 127.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 29, 18:00 | 10.0S 127.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 00:00 | 10.0S 127.0E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 06:00 | 10.3S 127.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 12:00 | 10.6S 127.0E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 18:00 | 10.8S 127.0E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 11.0S 125.0E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 11.2S 125.4E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 11.5S 125.3E | 25 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 11.7S 123.7E | 25 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 12.0S 122.5E | 25 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 06:00 | 12.1S 125.3E | 25 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 12:00 | 12.0S 128.5E | 25 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 18:00 | 12.1S 129.7E | 35 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 00:00 | 12.1S 130.2E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 11.7S 130.0E | 35 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 11.3S 129.8E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 11.4S 129.5E | 20 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 11.6S 129.1E | 20 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 11.8S 128.5E | 20 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 12.1S 127.9E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 12.3S 127.6E | 20 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 12.4S 127.0E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 12.0S 125.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 11.4S 124.3E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 11.3S 123.0E | 20 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 11.3S 121.7E | 15 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 10.9S 120.4E | 15 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 10.7S 119.1E | 15 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 10.9S 117.8E | 15 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 11.2S 116.6E | 15 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 11.5S 115.4E | 15 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 11.8S 114.3E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 12.0S 113.6E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 12.0S 113.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 11.9S 112.4E | 10 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 11.7S 111.9E | 10 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 11.4S 111.5E | 10 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 11.1S 111.1E | 10 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1975
- Tropical Storm MarciaSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Storm NorahSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Storm PennySouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression AdeleSouth Indian · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression BlandineSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression CamilleSouth Indian · 1975
- Cyclone Deborah:RobynSouth Indian · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression ElsaSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression FernandeSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression GervaiseSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Storm ShirleySouth Indian · 1975
- Cyclone TrixieSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression HeloseSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression InesSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Storm WilmaSouth Indian · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Storm VidaSouth Indian · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1975
- Cyclone BeverleySouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Depression JunonSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Storm ClaraSouth Indian · 1975
- Tropical Storm DeniseSouth Indian · 1975
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.