The 1976 season

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.

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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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 3, 12:005.0N 160.0EDisturbance
Nov 3, 18:005.3N 157.8EDisturbance
Nov 4, 00:008.1N 153.2E25 ktMixed
Nov 4, 06:008.0N 151.6E25 kt1002 mbMixed
Nov 4, 12:008.0N 149.9E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Nov 4, 18:008.0N 148.3E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Nov 5, 00:008.3N 146.6E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Nov 5, 06:009.0N 145.0E25 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 5, 12:009.7N 143.4E25 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 5, 18:0010.3N 141.8E25 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 6, 00:0010.9N 140.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 06:0011.6N 138.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 12:0012.4N 136.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 18:0013.1N 135.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 00:0013.9N 134.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 06:0014.7N 132.7E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 12:0015.5N 131.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 18:0016.3N 129.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 00:0017.1N 128.3E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 06:0017.9N 127.5E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 12:0018.7N 126.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 18:0019.6N 126.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 00:0020.7N 125.7E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 06:0021.7N 125.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 12:0022.8N 125.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 18:0024.0N 125.0E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 00:0025.2N 125.2E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 06:0026.3N 125.9E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 12:0027.2N 127.1E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 18:0027.8N 128.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 00:0028.3N 130.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 06:0028.8N 133.3E25 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 11, 12:0029.3N 136.0E25 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 11, 18:0029.7N 138.0E30 kt1002 mbMixed
Nov 12, 00:0030.0N 140.0E30 kt1006 mbMixed
Nov 12, 06:0029.8N 142.7E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Nov 12, 12:0029.0N 146.0E30 kt1012 mbMixed
Nov 12, 18:0029.0N 149.0E1014 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.