Cyclone William (1995)
Cyclone William reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between December 30, 1994 and January 5, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone William, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- December 30, 1994 to January 5, 1995
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 837 km (520 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.9
- Identifier
- SH051995
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 11.0S 165.0W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 11.5S 164.8W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 12.0S 164.6W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 12.5S 164.4W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 13.0S 164.2W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 13.6S 164.0W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 14.3S 163.6W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 15.1S 163.2W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 15.8S 162.8W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 16.5S 162.4W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 17.2S 161.9W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 17.9S 161.3W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 18.5S 160.4W | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 19.1S 159.4W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 19.7S 158.2W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 20.4S 156.7W | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 21.4S 154.7W | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 22.8S 152.2W | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 24.4S 149.6W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 26.3S 147.0W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 29.0S 142.7W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 30.5S 139.5W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 32.0S 135.5W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 35.0S 134.0W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 38.0S 132.5W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 39.0S 123.0W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 40.0S 119.5W | Not reported |
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.