Unnamed tropical storm (1978)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 60 kt in the North Indian between May 14, 1978 and May 17, 1978, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1978 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 14, 1978 to May 17, 1978
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.7
- Identifier
- IO011978
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 00:00 | 11.1N 91.0E | 25 kt | XX | |
| May 14, 06:00 | 12.0N 91.2E | 25 kt | XX | |
| May 14, 12:00 | 12.7N 91.4E | 25 kt | XX | |
| May 14, 18:00 | 13.2N 91.5E | 30 kt | XX | |
| May 15, 00:00 | 13.8N 91.7E | 30 kt | XX | |
| May 15, 06:00 | 14.3N 91.8E | 30 kt | XX | |
| May 15, 12:00 | 14.9N 92.0E | 35 kt | XX | |
| May 15, 18:00 | 15.2N 92.1E | 35 kt | XX | |
| May 16, 00:00 | 15.6N 92.2E | 35 kt | XX | |
| May 16, 06:00 | 16.3N 92.3E | 40 kt | XX | |
| May 16, 12:00 | 17.1N 92.3E | 40 kt | XX | |
| May 16, 18:00 | 17.7N 92.3E | 45 kt | XX | |
| May 17, 00:00 | 18.3N 92.3E | 50 kt | XX | |
| May 17, 06:00 | 19.1N 92.6E | 60 kt | XX | |
| May 17, 12:00 | 20.1N 93.3E | 45 kt | XX |
Other North Indian storms of 1978
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.