The 1996 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1996)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the Western Pacific between October 10, 1996 and October 18, 1996.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 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
Western Pacific
Dates
October 10, 1996 to October 18, 1996
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 759 km (472 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP311996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 10, 00:008.9N 158.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 10, 06:009.0N 157.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 10, 12:009.2N 156.2E20 ktNot reported
Oct 10, 18:009.4N 155.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 11, 00:009.7N 154.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 11, 06:0010.2N 153.8E20 ktNot reported
Oct 11, 12:0011.0N 153.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 11, 18:0011.7N 152.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 12, 00:0012.2N 151.8E20 ktNot reported
Oct 12, 06:0012.8N 151.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 12, 12:0013.4N 151.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 12, 18:0014.0N 150.8E20 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 00:0014.4N 150.5E25 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 06:0014.8N 149.8E25 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 12:0015.2N 149.0E25 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 18:0015.6N 148.3E25 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 00:0016.0N 147.6E25 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 06:0016.5N 146.9E25 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 12:0016.9N 146.2E25 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 18:0017.5N 145.3E25 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 00:0017.5N 144.3E25 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:0017.8N 143.5E25 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 12:0018.7N 142.7E25 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 18:0019.5N 142.3E25 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 00:0020.2N 141.7E25 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 06:0020.8N 141.2E25 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 12:0021.5N 140.9E25 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 18:0022.4N 140.7E25 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 00:0023.2N 140.5E25 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 06:0023.8N 140.3E25 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 12:0024.3N 139.8E25 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 18:0024.7N 139.2E25 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 00:0025.8N 138.7E20 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 06:0027.0N 138.5E15 ktNot reported

Other Western Pacific storms of 1996

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.