The 1983 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1983)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the Western Pacific between November 15, 1983 and November 22, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 15, 1983 to November 22, 1983
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 583 km (362 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP221983

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 15, 00:004.8N 156.8EDisturbance
Nov 15, 06:004.2N 156.5EDisturbance
Nov 15, 12:003.7N 156.2EDisturbance
Nov 15, 18:003.3N 155.8EDisturbance
Nov 16, 00:003.0N 155.4EDisturbance
Nov 16, 06:002.9N 154.9EDisturbance
Nov 16, 12:002.8N 154.3EDisturbance
Nov 16, 18:002.6N 153.7EDisturbance
Nov 17, 00:002.5N 153.2EDisturbance
Nov 17, 06:002.5N 152.7EDisturbance
Nov 17, 12:002.5N 152.3EDisturbance
Nov 17, 18:002.5N 152.0EDisturbance
Nov 18, 00:002.5N 151.6EDisturbance
Nov 18, 06:002.5N 151.1EDisturbance
Nov 18, 12:002.6N 150.5EDisturbance
Nov 18, 18:002.6N 150.1EDisturbance
Nov 19, 00:002.7N 149.6EDisturbance
Nov 19, 06:003.0N 148.7EDisturbance
Nov 19, 12:003.6N 147.8EDisturbance
Nov 19, 18:004.4N 147.2EDisturbance
Nov 20, 00:005.2N 146.8EDisturbance
Nov 20, 06:005.8N 146.5EDisturbance
Nov 20, 12:006.3N 146.2EDisturbance
Nov 20, 18:006.9N 145.8EDisturbance
Nov 21, 00:007.4N 145.3ETropical storm
Nov 21, 06:007.5N 145.3E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:007.8N 144.6E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:008.0N 143.8E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:008.1N 142.9E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:008.2N 142.2E25 ktTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.