Tropical Storm May (1998)
Tropical Storm May peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between February 24, 1998 and February 28, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm May, 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
- February 24, 1998 to February 28, 1998
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Identifier
- SH251998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 14.4S 138.9E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 14.6S 139.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 14.9S 139.0E | 20 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 15.2S 139.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 15.4S 138.9E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 15.8S 138.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 16.4S 138.7E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 17.1S 138.6E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 17.5S 138.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 17.9S 138.4E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 18.3S 138.3E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 18.6S 138.0E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 18.6S 137.5E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 18.1S 136.9E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 17.5S 136.3E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 16.9S 135.7E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 16.6S 134.9E | 25 kt | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1998
- Tropical Storm LusiSouth Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone MartinSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone NuteSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone OseaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone PamSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone SusanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone RonSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone KatrinaSouth 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
- 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.