Tropical Storm Haley (2013)
Tropical Storm Haley peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between February 8, 2013 and February 14, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Haley, 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
- February 8, 2013 to February 14, 2013
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1193 km (741 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH142013
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 8, 12:00 | 15.8S 161.3W | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 17.0S 160.0W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 18.1S 158.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 19.2S 157.6W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 20.1S 156.4W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 20.8S 155.2W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 21.7S 154.0W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 22.4S 153.0W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 23.0S 151.9W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 24.0S 151.1W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 24.7S 150.0W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 25.2S 149.1W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 25.6S 148.3W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 26.0S 147.7W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 26.3S 147.3W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 26.4S 146.9W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 26.3S 146.6W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 26.2S 146.3W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 26.0S 146.1W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 25.5S 146.0W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 24.9S 146.1W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 24.6S 146.0W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 24.2S 146.4W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 23.7S 146.8W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 23.2S 147.4W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
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.