The 1976 season

Tropical Storm Nancy (1976)

Tropical Storm Nancy peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between April 24, 1976 and May 3, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Nancy, 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
April 24, 1976 to May 3, 1976
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1616 km (1004 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.5
Identifier
WP041976

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
Apr 24, 00:006.7N 162.7E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 24, 06:007.4N 163.1E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 24, 12:008.0N 163.4E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 24, 18:008.8N 163.7E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 25, 00:009.7N 163.8E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Apr 25, 06:0010.9N 163.0E25 kt1000 mbMixed
Apr 25, 12:0011.5N 162.0E30 kt1000 mbMixed
Apr 25, 18:0011.8N 160.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 26, 00:0011.8N 160.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 26, 06:0011.9N 159.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 26, 12:0012.2N 158.9E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 26, 18:0012.7N 158.7E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 00:0013.3N 158.7E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 06:0013.9N 158.6E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 12:0014.4N 158.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 18:0014.8N 157.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 00:0014.9N 156.8E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 06:0015.1N 156.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 12:0015.2N 155.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 18:0015.3N 155.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 29, 00:0015.4N 154.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 29, 06:0015.5N 154.3E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 29, 12:0015.5N 153.6E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 29, 18:0015.7N 152.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 30, 00:0016.0N 152.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 30, 06:0016.3N 151.3E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 30, 12:0016.4N 150.4E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 30, 18:0016.4N 149.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 1, 00:0016.2N 147.8E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 1, 06:0016.1N 146.5E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
May 1, 12:0015.8N 145.4E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
May 1, 18:0015.2N 144.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
May 2, 00:0014.8N 143.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
May 2, 06:0014.7N 142.6E25 kt1004 mbMixed
May 2, 12:0014.5N 141.9E25 kt1008 mbMixed
May 2, 18:0014.6N 141.4E25 ktTropical storm
May 3, 00:0014.7N 140.9E25 ktTropical storm

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.