Cyclone Martin (1986)
Cyclone Martin reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between April 9, 1986 and April 15, 1986, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Martin, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1986 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
- April 9, 1986 to April 15, 1986
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.2
- Identifier
- SH291986
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 12.0S 168.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 12.1S 168.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 12.2S 168.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 11.9S 168.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 11.9S 168.9E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 12.0S 169.7E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 12.3S 170.7E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 12.6S 171.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 13.0S 172.9E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 13.4S 174.1E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 13.9S 175.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 14.5S 176.4E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 15.1S 177.7E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 15.8S 179.0E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 16.6S 179.7W | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 17.4S 178.5W | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 18.0S 177.4W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 18.7S 176.4W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 12:00 | 19.4S 175.4W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 18:00 | 20.2S 174.4W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 00:00 | 20.9S 173.4W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 21.6S 172.4W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 22.2S 171.4W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 22.7S 170.4W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 23.1S 195.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm VernonSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone WinifredSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone ImaSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm JuneSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm KeliSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm LusiSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm AlfredSouth Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone ManuSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone NamuSouth Pacific · 1986
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.