Tropical Storm Marge (1976)
Tropical Storm Marge peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between November 3, 1976 and November 12, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Marge, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1976 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- November 3, 1976 to November 12, 1976
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 295 km (183 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.2
- Identifier
- WP231976
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 3, 12:00 | 5.0N 160.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 5.3N 157.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 8.1N 153.2E | 25 kt | Mixed | |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 8.0N 151.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 8.0N 149.9E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 8.0N 148.3E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 8.3N 146.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 9.0N 145.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 9.7N 143.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 10.3N 141.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 10.9N 140.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 11.6N 138.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 12.4N 136.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 13.1N 135.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 13.9N 134.1E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 14.7N 132.7E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 15.5N 131.3E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 16.3N 129.7E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 17.1N 128.3E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 17.9N 127.5E | 50 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 18.7N 126.9E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 19.6N 126.3E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 20.7N 125.7E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 21.7N 125.3E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 22.8N 125.1E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 24.0N 125.0E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 25.2N 125.2E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 26.3N 125.9E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 27.2N 127.1E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 27.8N 128.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 28.3N 130.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 28.8N 133.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 29.3N 136.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 29.7N 138.0E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 30.0N 140.0E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 29.8N 142.7E | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 29.0N 146.0E | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 29.0N 149.0E | 1014 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1976
- Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm LornaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm NancyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon OlgaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon ThereseWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm WildaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm VioletWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon AnitaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm ClaraWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression BillieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm DotWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm EllenWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon FranWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon LouiseWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm NoraWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm OpalWestern Pacific · 1976
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.