Unnamed tropical storm (1980)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between March 21, 1980 and March 23, 1980.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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 Indian
- Dates
- March 21, 1980 to March 23, 1980
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 168 km (104 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Identifier
- SH241980
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 19.0S 117.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 18.6S 116.9E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 18.0S 116.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 16.8S 114.9E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 16.0S 113.5E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 16.2S 111.7E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 23, 00:00 | 16.5S 110.0E | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1980
- Tropical Depression TonySouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone AlbineSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone Claudette:ViolaSouth Indian · 1980
- Tropical Storm BereniceSouth Indian · 1980
- Tropical Storm Danitza:WilfSouth Indian · 1980
- Tropical Depression DanitzaSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone AmySouth Indian · 1980
- Tropical Depression EglantineSouth Indian · 1980
- Tropical Depression FloreSouth Indian · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone HyacintheSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone BrianSouth Indian · 1980
- Tropical Storm ClaraSouth Indian · 1980
- Tropical Depression IvanneSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone DeanSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone JacintheSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone EnidSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone FredSouth Indian · 1980
- Tropical Storm KoliaSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone LaureSouth Indian · 1980
- Cyclone Doris:GloriaSouth Indian · 1980
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 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.