Tropical Storm Kerry (1989)
Tropical Storm Kerry peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between March 29, 1989 and April 4, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kerry, 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
- March 29, 1989 to April 4, 1989
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 112 km (70 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.0
- Identifier
- SH221989
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 14.8S 187.3E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 15.4S 186.8E | Not reported | ||
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 16.0S 186.4E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 16.6S 186.0E | Not reported | ||
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 17.2S 185.2E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 30, 06:00 | 17.7S 183.6E | Not reported | ||
| Mar 30, 12:00 | 18.3S 181.8E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 30, 18:00 | 19.3S 179.8W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 31, 00:00 | 19.9S 179.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 06:00 | 20.5S 178.3E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 12:00 | 21.0S 177.5E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 18:00 | 21.6S 177.1E | 45 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 22.1S 177.4E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 21.9S 177.8E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 21.7S 177.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 21.5S 177.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 21.3S 177.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 21.5S 177.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 22.1S 179.7W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 22.8S 178.0W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 23.7S 175.6W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 24.5S 174.0W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 25.7S 187.5E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 26.8S 189.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 28.0S 191.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
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 JudySouth Pacific · 1989
- Cyclone IvySouth 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.