Unnamed tropical depression (1986)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the South Pacific between December 11, 1985 and December 16, 1985.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
- December 11, 1985 to December 16, 1985
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 158 km (98 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SH031986
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 11, 18:00 | 12.2S 144.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 13.2S 146.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 14.1S 147.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 14.8S 149.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 15.2S 150.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 15.4S 151.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 15.3S 152.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 15.1S 153.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 14.9S 154.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 14.7S 154.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 14.6S 155.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 14.5S 156.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 14.5S 156.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 14.3S 157.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 14.1S 158.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 14.0S 159.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 13.9S 160.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 13.8S 161.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 13.6S 162.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 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
- Cyclone MartinSouth 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.