Tropical Storm Nora (1976)
Tropical Storm Nora peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between December 1, 1976 and December 8, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Nora. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.























Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 1, 1976 to December 8, 1976
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Identifier
- WP241976
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 8.0N 133.4E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 9.0N 132.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 10.0N 132.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 11.3N 130.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 12.1N 129.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 06:00 | 12.1N 128.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 12:00 | 12.2N 128.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 18:00 | 12.2N 127.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 00:00 | 12.3N 127.4E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 12.3N 127.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 12.4N 126.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 12.4N 126.6E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 12.5N 126.3E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 12.5N 125.8E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 12.6N 125.3E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 12.5N 124.7E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 12.4N 124.1E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 12.4N 123.8E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 12.4N 123.6E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 12.4N 123.3E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 12.6N 123.0E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 13.0N 122.9E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 13.4N 123.0E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 13.8N 123.1E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 14.2N 123.3E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 14.4N 123.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 14.6N 123.6E | 20 kt | Mixed | |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 14.8N 123.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 15.1N 124.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm |
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 MargeWestern 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.