The 1976 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1976)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 7, 1976 and August 8, 1976.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
Eastern Pacific
Dates
August 7, 1976 to August 8, 1976
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 2146 km (1333 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Fastest the center moved
32 kt (37 mph)
Identifier
EP111976

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.

Rainfall

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1,287 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 14.76 inches (375 mm).

StationTotalPosition
San Gorgonio14.76 in (375 mm)0.00N 0.00E
MT WILSON CBS10.78 in (274 mm)34.23N 118.07W
LAKE ARROWHEAD8.71 in (221 mm)34.25N 117.18W
CAMP HILL OPIDS 57B8.25 in (210 mm)34.25N 118.10W
CRYSTAL LAKE FC238C8.03 in (204 mm)34.32N 117.83W
MOUNT SAN JACINTO WSP8.00 in (203 mm)33.80N 116.63W
HOEGEES FC 60 A7.50 in (191 mm)34.22N 118.03W
BIG PINES PARK FC83B7.28 in (185 mm)34.38N 117.68W
MOUNT BALDY FC 85 G7.26 in (184 mm)34.23N 117.65W
CUYAMACA6.91 in (176 mm)32.98N 116.58W
LODGEPOLE6.30 in (160 mm)36.60N 118.73W
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN OBSVTRY6.24 in (158 mm)33.38N 116.83W

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 7, 18:0014.2N 134.0W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0014.2N 134.6W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0014.4N 135.0W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0014.8N 135.2W25 ktTropical storm

Other Eastern 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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.