Cyclone Marion (1977)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

January 11, 1977 to January 21, 1977

Peak strength

Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)

Lowest pressure

980 mb (28.94 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

10.2

Identifier

SH071977

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.

• Tropical Storm KimSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm55 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm LaurieSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm55 kt · 980 mb
• Cyclone TedSouth Pacific · 1977Cat 3100 kt · 945 mb
• Cyclone JuneSouth Pacific · 1977Cat 170 kt · 965 mb
• Tropical Storm KeithSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm50 kt · 992 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm40 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm45 kt
• Tropical Storm LilySouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm40 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm MilesSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm45 kt · 994 mb
• Tropical Storm NancySouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm40 kt · 998 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm40 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm OttoSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm55 kt · 984 mb
• Tropical Storm NormanSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm40 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm PatSouth Pacific · 1977Tropical Storm55 kt · 980 mb
• Cyclone RobertSouth Pacific · 1977Cat 180 kt · 965 mb

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.

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.