Tropical Storm Sue (1976)
Tropical Storm Sue peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between December 12, 1975 and December 16, 1975, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Sue, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- December 12, 1975 to December 16, 1975
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 174 km (108 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Identifier
- SH071976
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 12, 00:00 | 9.2S 100.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 9.6S 101.7E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 10.0S 102.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 10.3S 103.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 10.6S 104.1E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 10.8S 104.5E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 11.0S 104.8E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 11.2S 105.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 11.3S 105.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 11.4S 106.8E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 11.3S 108.2E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 11.1S 109.0E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 10.9S 110.0E | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 10.6S 112.0E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 10.3S 114.2E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 10.8S 116.1E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 12.1S 117.9E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1976
- Cyclone RaySouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression AudreySouth Indian · 1976
- Cyclone JoanSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression BarbaraSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression ClotildeSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression Danae:TerrySouth Indian · 1976
- Cyclone VanessaSouth Indian · 1976
- Cyclone WallySouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm AliceSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression EllaSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm LindaSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression FrederiqueSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression GladysSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression Bert:HeliotropeSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm CarolSouth Indian · 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.