Cyclone Freda (2013)
Cyclone Freda reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between December 26, 2012 and January 3, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 941 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Freda, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
- December 26, 2012 to January 3, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 941 mb (27.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 95 nmi (176 km, 109 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- SH052013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 7.5S 164.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 8.1S 164.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 9.0S 164.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 8.6S 164.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 9.0S 163.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 9.2S 162.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 9.7S 161.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 10.4S 160.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 11.1S 160.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 11.7S 160.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 12.3S 159.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 12.7S 160.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 13.0S 160.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 13.5S 160.4E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 14.0S 160.7E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 14.6S 160.9E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 15.3S 161.1E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 15.9S 161.1E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 16.4S 161.1E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 16.9S 161.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 17.4S 161.6E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 17.9S 161.5E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 18.4S 161.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 19.0S 161.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 19.4S 161.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 19.5S 162.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 20.1S 163.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 20.1S 164.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 20.7S 165.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 21.3S 167.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 21.4S 168.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 21.8S 170.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 22.1S 171.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 22.4S 172.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Pacific storms of 2013
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.