Cyclone Judy (1989)
Cyclone Judy reached Category 2 in the South Pacific between February 22, 1989 and February 28, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Judy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1989 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 22, 1989 to February 28, 1989
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1654 km (1028 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.9
- Identifier
- SH151989
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 22, 00:00 | 14.4S 150.5W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 15.5S 151.4W | Not reported | ||
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 16.6S 152.0W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 17.9S 152.1W | Not reported | ||
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 19.0S 152.0W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 19.8S 152.1W | Not reported | ||
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 20.5S 152.5W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 21.5S 153.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 22.0S 154.1W | 35 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 22.5S 154.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 22.9S 154.3W | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 23.0S 154.7W | 65 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 23.0S 155.2W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 22.9S 155.7W | 75 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 22.7S 156.2W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 22.5S 156.7W | 85 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 22.4S 157.2W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 22.4S 157.7W | 85 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 22.4S 158.3W | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 22.5S 158.9W | 75 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 22.8S 159.6W | 75 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 23.6S 160.1W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 24.7S 160.4W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 26.9S 160.1W | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 29.2S 160.3W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1989
- Tropical Storm EsetaSouth Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm DelilahSouth Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm FiliSouth Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm GinaSouth Pacific · 1989
- Cyclone HarrySouth Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1989
- Cyclone HinanoSouth Pacific · 1989
- Cyclone IvySouth Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm KerrySouth Pacific · 1989
- Cyclone AivuSouth Pacific · 1989
- Cyclone LiliSouth Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm MeenaSouth Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm ErnieSouth Pacific · 1989
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.