Cyclone Katrina (1998)
Cyclone Katrina reached Category 2 in the South Pacific between January 1, 1998 and February 2, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Katrina, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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, 1998 to February 2, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 48 km (30 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 35.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- SH121998
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, 12:00 | 14.3S 150.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 14.6S 151.1E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 15.0S 151.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 15.3S 152.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 15.4S 152.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 15.5S 152.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 15.5S 153.0E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 15.5S 153.3E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 15.4S 153.7E | 45 kt | 995 mb | XX |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 15.3S 154.0E | 55 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 15.2S 154.3E | 55 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 15.1S 154.5E | 55 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 15.0S 154.8E | 50 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 14.9S 155.2E | 50 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 14.8S 155.6E | 50 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 14.6S 156.0E | 50 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 14.5S 156.4E | 50 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 14.4S 156.8E | 50 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 14.2S 157.3E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 13.9S 157.9E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 13.6S 158.4E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 13.3S 159.0E | 40 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 12.9S 159.7E | 45 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 12.5S 160.5E | 45 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 12.3S 161.5E | 55 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 12.8S 162.4E | 55 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 13.5S 163.0E | 65 kt | 975 mb | XX |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 14.1S 163.5E | 65 kt | 975 mb | XX |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 14.5S 163.9E | 75 kt | 975 mb | XX |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 14.8S 164.2E | 80 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 15.1S 164.5E | 80 kt | 965 mb | XX |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 15.4S 164.8E | 85 kt | 960 mb | XX |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 15.5S 164.8E | 85 kt | 960 mb | XX |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 15.6S 164.7E | 90 kt | 955 mb | XX |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 15.6S 164.4E | 90 kt | 955 mb | XX |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 15.5S 164.0E | 90 kt | 950 mb | XX |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 15.3S 163.4E | 90 kt | 950 mb | XX |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 15.0S 162.4E | 90 kt | 955 mb | XX |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 14.8S 161.7E | 90 kt | 960 mb | XX |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 14.6S 161.1E | 85 kt | 965 mb | XX |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 14.3S 160.6E | 80 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 13.9S 160.1E | 80 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 13.5S 159.7E | 80 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 13.1S 159.3E | 80 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 12.9S 158.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 13.1S 158.3E | 65 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 13.5S 157.3E | 65 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 13.7S 156.2E | 65 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 13.7S 155.1E | 65 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 13.7S 154.1E | 65 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 13.6S 153.0E | 65 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 13.6S 152.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 13.5S 151.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 13.5S 150.8E | 70 kt | 955 mb | XX |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 13.5S 150.3E | 75 kt | 955 mb | XX |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 13.7S 150.0E | 90 kt | 945 mb | XX |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 14.0S 149.8E | 90 kt | 940 mb | XX |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 14.4S 149.5E | 85 kt | 940 mb | XX |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 14.8S 149.3E | 85 kt | 940 mb | XX |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 15.2S 149.2E | 85 kt | 950 mb | XX |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 15.5S 149.1E | 85 kt | 960 mb | XX |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 15.8S 149.1E | 85 kt | 965 mb | XX |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 16.1S 149.0E | 75 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 16.2S 148.7E | 70 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 16.3S 148.5E | 65 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 16.5S 148.4E | 55 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 16.6S 148.5E | 55 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 16.7S 148.7E | 55 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 16.7S 149.3E | 55 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 16.8S 149.6E | 55 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 17.0S 150.1E | 55 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 17.3S 150.7E | 55 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 17.7S 151.5E | 55 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 18.1S 152.2E | 60 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 18.6S 152.9E | 65 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 19.2S 153.4E | 65 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 20.0S 153.8E | 65 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 20.4S 154.0E | 55 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 20.7S 154.1E | 50 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 21.0S 154.3E | 50 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 21.4S 154.5E | 45 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 21.7S 154.8E | 45 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 21.9S 155.1E | 45 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 21.9S 155.4E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 21.6S 155.6E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 22, 18:00 | 21.0S 155.8E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 23, 00:00 | 20.3S 155.8E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 23, 06:00 | 19.5S 155.6E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 18.7S 155.2E | 35 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 18.3S 154.5E | 35 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 18.2S 153.7E | 35 kt | 995 mb | XX |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 18.2S 153.1E | 30 kt | 995 mb | XX |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 18.2S 152.6E | 30 kt | 995 mb | XX |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 18.2S 152.3E | 30 kt | 998 mb | XX |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 18.2S 152.1E | 25 kt | 998 mb | XX |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 18.3S 151.8E | 25 kt | 998 mb | XX |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 18.4S 151.6E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 18.4S 151.5E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 18.4S 151.4E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 26, 06:00 | 18.4S 151.2E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 26, 12:00 | 18.4S 151.0E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 18.4S 150.9E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 18.5S 150.7E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 18.6S 150.4E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 18.7S 150.1E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 18.8S 149.9E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 18.9S 149.6E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 18.9S 149.3E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 18.6S 148.9E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 18.1S 148.4E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 29, 00:00 | 17.6S 148.0E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 29, 06:00 | 16.8S 147.3E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 16.1S 147.2E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 15.3S 147.3E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 14.7S 147.3E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 14.2S 147.1E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 13.9S 147.0E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 13.6S 146.9E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 13.4S 146.7E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 13.1S 146.4E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 12.9S 146.1E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 12.7S 145.8E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 12.5S 145.3E | 20 kt | XX | |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 12.4S 144.9E | 20 kt | XX | |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 12.3S 144.5E | 20 kt | XX | |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 12.2S 144.2E | 20 kt | XX | |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 12.2S 143.9E | 20 kt | XX | |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 12.2S 143.6E | 20 kt | XX |
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- Cyclone MartinSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone NuteSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone OseaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone PamSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone SusanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone RonSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm LesSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm TuiSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone UrsulaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone VeliSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm WesSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone Cindy:VictorSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm MaySouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone YaliSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone NathanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone ZumanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm AlanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm BartSouth Pacific · 1998
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.