Unnamed tropical depression (1983)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the Western Pacific between December 17, 1983 and December 19, 1983.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 17, 1983 to December 19, 1983
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 264 km (164 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 1983352N08129
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 7.5N 129.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 8.5N 129.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 9.5N 130.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 10.0N 131.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 10.5N 131.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 10.8N 132.8E | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1983
- Tropical Storm SarahWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon VeraWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon TipWestern Pacific · 1983
- Super Typhoon WayneWestern Pacific · 1983
- Super Typhoon AbbyWestern Pacific · 1983 · 7 deaths
- Tropical Storm CarmenWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm BenWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm DomWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Super Typhoon ForrestWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm HerbertWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon JoeWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm KimWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon LexWestern Pacific · 1983
- Super Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm NorrisWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon OrchidWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon PercyWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm RuthWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm SperryWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern 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.