The 1977 season

Cyclone June (1977)

Cyclone June reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between January 17, 1977 and January 26, 1977, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone June, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1977 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
South Pacific
Dates
January 17, 1977 to January 26, 1977
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.0
Identifier
SH081977

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
Jan 17, 00:0015.4S 149.5E25 ktTropical storm
Jan 17, 06:0015.9S 150.0E25 ktTropical storm
Jan 17, 12:0016.4S 150.5E25 ktTropical storm
Jan 17, 18:0016.8S 150.5E30 ktTropical storm
Jan 18, 00:0017.2S 151.0E35 ktTropical storm
Jan 18, 06:0017.4S 152.5E40 ktTropical storm
Jan 18, 12:0017.5S 154.0E40 ktTropical storm
Jan 18, 18:0017.2S 155.5E40 ktTropical storm
Jan 19, 00:0017.0S 157.0E45 ktTropical storm
Jan 19, 06:0017.0S 159.2E50 ktTropical storm
Jan 19, 12:0017.0S 161.5E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0017.0S 163.0E60 ktTropical storm
Jan 20, 00:0017.0S 164.5E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 06:0017.0S 166.7E70 ktTropical storm
Jan 20, 12:0017.2S 168.8E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 18:0017.7S 170.6E70 ktTropical storm
Jan 21, 00:0018.3S 172.0E65 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 06:0018.7S 173.0E65 ktTropical storm
Jan 21, 12:0019.2S 174.0E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 18:0020.1S 175.1E65 ktTropical storm
Jan 22, 00:0021.0S 175.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 06:0021.6S 175.5E60 ktTropical storm
Jan 22, 12:0021.9S 174.8E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 18:0022.0S 174.2E45 ktTropical storm
Jan 23, 00:0022.0S 173.5E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 06:0021.8S 171.9E35 ktTropical storm
Jan 23, 12:0021.7S 170.0E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 18:0021.9S 168.6E30 ktTropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0022.1S 167.5E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0022.4S 166.7E30 ktTropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0022.5S 166.0E25 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0022.3S 165.4E25 ktTropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0022.0S 165.0E25 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0021.8S 164.7E25 ktTropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0021.5S 164.4E25 ktTropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0021.3S 164.2E25 ktTropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0021.2S 164.0E25 ktTropical storm

Other South Pacific storms of 1977

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.