Cyclone Drena (1997)
Cyclone Drena reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between January 1, 1997 and January 13, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Drena, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1997 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
- January 1, 1997 to January 13, 1997
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 935 mb (27.61 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 23.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 31 kt (36 mph)
- Identifier
- SH161997
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 10.3S 175.5E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 10.3S 174.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 10.4S 173.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 10.8S 172.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 11.3S 171.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 12.1S 170.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 12.8S 168.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 13.5S 167.7E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 14.1S 166.5E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 14.4S 165.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 14.6S 164.1E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 14.8S 163.0E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 15.0S 161.9E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 15.0S 161.0E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 15.0S 160.3E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 15.1S 159.8E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 15.2S 159.5E | 105 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 15.5S 159.2E | 120 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 15.9S 159.0E | 120 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 16.2S 158.8E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 16.6S 158.7E | 120 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 17.0S 158.9E | 115 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 17.5S 159.4E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 18.0S 160.2E | 105 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 18.3S 161.1E | 105 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 19.0S 162.0E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 20.0S 163.2E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 21.1S 164.3E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 21.9S 165.2E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 22.7S 166.1E | 80 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 24.0S 167.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 25.5S 167.6E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 27.3S 167.9E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 28.9S 168.4E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 30.5S 168.6E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 32.1S 169.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 33.7S 169.5E | 50 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 35.3S 170.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 36.7S 171.4E | 45 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 38.2S 172.7E | 45 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 40.1S 173.8E | 40 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 42.4S 174.6E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 45.1S 175.4E | 40 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 47.0S 176.0E | 40 kt | 981 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 48.5S 177.0E | 40 kt | 983 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 49.2S 177.8E | Not reported | ||
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 49.5S 178.5E | 35 kt | 986 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 49.8S 179.2E | Not reported | ||
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 50.5S 180.5E | 30 kt | 993 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 52.0S 183.0E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 53.0S 186.0E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1997
- Tropical Storm CyrilSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone FergusSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone PhilSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone RachelSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone EvanSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone FredaSouth Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm GillianSouth Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm HaroldSouth Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm ItaSouth Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone GavinSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone JustinSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone HinaSouth Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm IanSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone JuneSouth Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone KeliSouth Pacific · 1997
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.