Tropical Storm Cosme (1983)
Tropical Storm Cosme peaked at 35 kt in the Eastern Pacific between July 2, 1983 and July 5, 1983.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Cosme, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1983 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 2, 1983 to July 5, 1983
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 909 km (565 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP031983
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 10.5N 109.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 10.8N 109.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 11.3N 109.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 11.7N 110.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 12.0N 110.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 12.3N 110.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 12.7N 110.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 13.0N 110.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 14.0N 111.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 14.8N 112.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 15.5N 114.3W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 16.4N 115.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 16.7N 117.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 17.0N 118.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 17.6N 119.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1983
- Hurricane AdolphEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm DaliliaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane HenrietteEastern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane IsmaelEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane EllenEastern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane ManuelEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm OctaveEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane PriscillaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm SoniaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane TicoEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm VelmaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane WinnieEastern Pacific · 1983
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.