The 1995 season

Cyclone Agnes (1995)

Cyclone Agnes reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between April 15, 1995 and April 23, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Agnes, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
South Pacific
Dates
April 15, 1995 to April 23, 1995
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
945 mb (27.91 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 10 km (6 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.5
Identifier
SH221995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 15, 12:009.0S 143.5E15 ktTropical storm
Apr 15, 18:009.6S 143.9E15 ktTropical storm
Apr 16, 00:0010.1S 144.4E20 ktTropical storm
Apr 16, 06:0010.5S 145.0E20 ktTropical storm
Apr 16, 12:0010.8S 145.6E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 16, 18:0011.2S 146.3E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 00:0011.5S 147.0E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 06:0011.8S 147.5E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 12:0012.1S 147.9E40 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 18:0012.5S 148.0E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 00:0012.7S 148.0E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 06:0012.8S 147.9E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 12:0012.8S 147.8E90 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 18:0012.9S 147.8E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 00:0012.9S 147.7E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 06:0013.0S 147.7E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 12:0013.0S 147.6E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 18:0013.0S 147.5E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 00:0013.0S 147.4E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 06:0012.9S 147.4E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 12:0012.8S 147.5E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 18:0012.6S 147.6E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 00:0012.3S 147.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 06:0011.9S 148.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 12:0011.5S 148.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 18:0011.1S 148.0E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 00:0010.8S 147.8E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 06:0010.4S 147.5E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 12:0010.0S 147.1E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 18:009.6S 146.6E30 ktTropical storm
Apr 23, 00:009.2S 146.2E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 23, 06:008.9S 145.8E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 23, 12:008.6S 145.5E20 ktTropical storm

Other South Pacific storms of 1995

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.