Cyclone Marcia (2015)
Cyclone Marcia reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between February 16, 2015 and February 22, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Marcia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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 16, 2015 to February 22, 2015
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- SH132015
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 16, 06:00 | 15.0S 152.3E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 14.6S 153.9E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 14.3S 155.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 14.6S 155.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 14.8S 155.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 15.1S 156.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 15.5S 156.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 16.5S 155.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 17.3S 155.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 18.3S 154.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 19.2S 153.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 20.0S 152.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 20.5S 150.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 20.9S 150.6E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 21.7S 150.5E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 22.8S 150.5E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 23.8S 150.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 24.6S 150.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 25.5S 151.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 26.1S 152.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 26.7S 153.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 27.2S 154.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 27.2S 154.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 27.1S 155.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 26.8S 155.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 26.2S 155.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 2015
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.