Cyclone Beti (1984)
Cyclone Beti reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between February 1, 1984 and February 6, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Beti, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1984 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 Pacific
- Dates
- February 1, 1984 to February 6, 1984
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 154 km (96 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.0
- Identifier
- SH171984
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 15.1S 159.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 15.1S 160.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 15.2S 160.6E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 15.5S 161.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 15.9S 161.4E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 16.5S 161.9E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 2, 12:00 | 17.1S 162.6E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 18:00 | 17.4S 163.3E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 3, 00:00 | 17.8S 164.1E | 55 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 06:00 | 18.4S 164.7E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 3, 12:00 | 18.9S 165.4E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 18:00 | 19.3S 166.2E | 65 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 4, 00:00 | 19.7S 167.2E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 06:00 | 20.0S 168.3E | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 4, 12:00 | 20.3S 169.4E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 18:00 | 20.7S 170.6E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 5, 00:00 | 21.1S 171.8E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 5, 06:00 | 21.8S 173.0E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 5, 12:00 | 22.9S 174.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 5, 18:00 | 23.0S 172.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 6, 00:00 | 23.3S 172.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 23.6S 173.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 24.0S 174.0E | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1984
- Tropical Storm FritzSouth Pacific · 1984
- Tropical Storm AtuSouth Pacific · 1984
- Cyclone GraceSouth Pacific · 1984
- Tropical Storm HarveySouth Pacific · 1984
- Tropical Storm IngridSouth Pacific · 1984
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1984
- Tropical Storm JimSouth Pacific · 1984
- Tropical Storm CyrilSouth Pacific · 1984
- Cyclone KathySouth Pacific · 1984
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1984
- Tropical Storm LanceSouth Pacific · 1984
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.