The 2007 season

Cyclone Becky (2007)

Cyclone Becky reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between March 24, 2007 and March 29, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Becky, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 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
South Pacific
Dates
March 24, 2007 to March 29, 2007
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 58 km (36 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.9
Identifier
SH212007

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 24, 18:0011.7S 157.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 25, 00:0012.1S 158.0E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 25, 06:0012.4S 159.0E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 25, 12:0012.5S 159.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 25, 18:0012.5S 160.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 26, 00:0012.6S 161.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 26, 06:0012.7S 162.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 12:0013.0S 163.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 18:0013.6S 164.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 00:0014.4S 165.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 06:0015.2S 165.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 12:0016.2S 166.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 18:0017.2S 167.1E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 00:0018.2S 167.6E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 06:0019.1S 168.0E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 12:0019.7S 168.3E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 18:0020.3S 168.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 00:0020.7S 167.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 06:0020.7S 167.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 29, 12:0020.9S 167.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 29, 18:0021.2S 166.8E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance

Other South Pacific storms of 2007

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.