Tropical Storm Val (1980)
Tropical Storm Val peaked at 60 kt in the South Pacific between March 25, 1980 and March 29, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Val. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- March 25, 1980 to March 29, 1980
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 293 km (182 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Identifier
- SH261980
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 25, 00:00 | 9.0S 170.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 9.4S 172.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 10.0S 174.5E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 10.7S 176.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 11.5S 177.5E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 06:00 | 12.5S 179.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 26, 12:00 | 13.5S 179.5W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 14.3S 178.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 15.0S 177.0W | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 06:00 | 15.7S 175.8W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 16.3S 174.5W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 16.9S 173.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 17.5S 172.0W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 17.9S 170.2W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 18.2S 168.3W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 18.5S 167.0W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 18.7S 166.0W | 30 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1980
- Tropical Storm OfaSouth Pacific · 1980
- Cyclone PeniSouth 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
- 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.