Cyclone Peni (1980)
Cyclone Peni reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between January 1, 1980 and January 6, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Peni, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1980 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
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 1, 1980 to January 6, 1980
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 76 km (47 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Identifier
- SH051980
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 12.5S 172.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 11.9S 172.4E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 11.5S 172.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 11.2S 172.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 11.2S 173.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 11.6S 173.2E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 12.0S 173.5E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 12.5S 174.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 13.0S 174.5E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 13.9S 174.8E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 15.0S 175.0E | 50 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 16.2S 175.3E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 17.5S 175.8E | 65 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 18.6S 176.8E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 19.5S 178.0E | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 19.6S 179.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 19.6S 179.3W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 20.2S 177.2W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 20.8S 175.0W | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 21.4S 172.8W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 22.0S 170.5W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1980
- Tropical Storm OfaSouth Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm PaulSouth Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm RaeSouth Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm RuthSouth Pacific · 1980
- Cyclone SimonSouth Pacific · 1980
- Cyclone SinaSouth Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm TiaSouth Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm ValSouth Pacific · 1980
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm WallySouth 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.