Tropical Storm Newton (1980)
Tropical Storm Newton peaked at 35 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 28, 1980 and October 29, 1980.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 28, 1980 to October 29, 1980
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 135 km (84 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP141980
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 16.9N 109.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 17.5N 109.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 18.3N 108.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 19.0N 108.4W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 19.8N 107.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 20.5N 107.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1980
- Hurricane AgathaEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm DarbyEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm EstelleEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm FrankEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane KayEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane DinahEastern Pacific · 1980
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.