The 2000 season

Cyclone Steve (2000)

Cyclone Steve reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between February 25, 2000 and March 11, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
South Pacific
Dates
February 25, 2000 to March 11, 2000
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.7
Identifier
SH142000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 25, 00:0016.9S 152.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 06:0016.5S 150.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 12:0016.5S 150.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 18:0016.5S 150.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 00:0016.5S 149.8E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 06:0016.5S 149.2E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 12:0016.5S 148.6E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 18:0016.5S 147.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 00:0016.5S 147.1E40 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 06:0016.5S 145.8E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 12:0016.7S 144.7E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 18:0017.0S 143.7E30 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 28, 00:0017.3S 142.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 28, 06:0017.6S 141.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 28, 12:0017.3S 140.7E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 28, 18:0016.9S 139.9E25 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 29, 00:0016.5S 139.2E30 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 29, 06:0016.1S 138.5E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 29, 12:0015.8S 137.8E40 ktTropical storm
Feb 29, 18:0015.7S 136.9E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 00:0015.8S 136.1E35 kt987 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 06:0015.8S 135.4E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 12:0015.3S 134.5E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 18:0014.8S 133.8E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 00:0014.7S 133.0E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 06:0014.9S 132.0E25 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 12:0014.8S 131.2E25 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 18:0014.7S 130.5E25 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 00:0015.0S 129.5E25 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 06:0015.7S 128.5E25 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 12:0016.1S 127.3E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 18:0016.4S 126.0E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 00:0016.7S 124.9E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 06:0017.0S 123.8E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 4, 12:0017.4S 122.8E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 4, 18:0017.7S 121.9E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 5, 00:0018.1S 121.0E35 ktTropical storm
Mar 5, 06:0018.7S 120.1E40 ktTropical storm
Mar 5, 12:0019.1S 119.2E45 ktTropical storm
Mar 5, 18:0019.9S 118.5E55 ktTropical storm
Mar 6, 00:0020.1S 117.7E55 ktTropical storm
Mar 6, 06:0020.3S 116.9E65 ktTropical storm
Mar 6, 12:0020.8S 116.2E65 ktTropical storm
Mar 6, 18:0021.6S 115.5E55 ktTropical storm
Mar 7, 00:0022.3S 115.2E55 ktTropical storm
Mar 7, 06:0022.7S 114.5E55 ktTropical storm
Mar 7, 12:0023.0S 113.9E55 ktTropical storm
Mar 7, 18:0023.6S 113.6E55 ktTropical storm
Mar 8, 00:0024.1S 113.3E55 ktTropical storm
Mar 8, 06:0024.4S 113.1E50 ktTropical storm
Mar 8, 12:0024.8S 113.1E50 ktTropical storm
Mar 8, 18:0025.2S 113.3E50 ktTropical storm
Mar 9, 00:0025.4S 113.6E45 ktTropical storm
Mar 9, 06:0025.7S 113.9E45 ktTropical storm
Mar 9, 12:0025.9S 114.2E50 ktTropical storm
Mar 9, 18:0026.3S 114.9E40 ktTropical storm
Mar 10, 00:0027.0S 116.1E35 ktTropical storm
Mar 10, 06:0027.9S 117.4E35 ktTropical storm
Mar 10, 12:0029.0S 118.9E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 10, 18:0030.1S 120.1E25 ktTropical storm
Mar 11, 00:0032.0S 121.2E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 11, 06:0033.0S 123.7ETropical storm
Mar 11, 12:0034.3S 125.1EExtratropical
Mar 11, 18:0035.7S 126.5EExtratropical

Other South Pacific storms of 2000

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.