Tropical Storm Mick (1993)
Tropical Storm Mick peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between February 3, 1993 and February 11, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Mick, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 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 3, 1993 to February 11, 1993
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 135 km (84 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Identifier
- SH171993
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 3, 00:00 | 13.8S 169.2W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 3, 06:00 | 13.9S 169.7W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 3, 12:00 | 14.1S 170.2W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 3, 18:00 | 14.3S 170.6W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 4, 00:00 | 14.5S 170.9W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 4, 06:00 | 14.7S 171.3W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 4, 12:00 | 15.0S 171.7W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 4, 18:00 | 15.3S 172.1W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 5, 00:00 | 15.7S 172.4W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 5, 06:00 | 16.1S 172.5W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 5, 12:00 | 16.6S 172.6W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 5, 18:00 | 17.1S 172.6W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 6, 00:00 | 17.8S 173.0W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 18.3S 173.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 18.5S 174.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 18.7S 175.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 18.9S 176.4W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 19.2S 177.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 19.7S 177.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 20.5S 178.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 21.4S 179.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 22.3S 179.6W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 23.2S 179.9E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 24.0S 179.4E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 24.7S 179.0E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 25.4S 178.6E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 26.2S 178.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 28.5S 178.5E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 30.5S 178.5E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 30.8S 178.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 32.0S 177.9E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 33.3S 177.8E | Not reported | ||
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 34.5S 177.8E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 35.3S 178.2E | Not reported | ||
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 36.0S 179.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 37.0S 180.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1993
- Cyclone JoniSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone NinaSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone KinaSouth Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone LinSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone OliverSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone NishaSouth Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm OliSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone PollySouth Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm RogerSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone PremaSouth Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm AdelSouth Pacific · 1993
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.