Tropical Storm Reuben (2015)
Tropical Storm Reuben peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between March 19, 2015 and March 25, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Reuben, 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
- March 19, 2015 to March 25, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 234 km (145 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH202015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 18:00 | 15.3S 177.6W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 16.4S 177.9W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 17.4S 177.9W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 18.3S 177.8W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 19.2S 177.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 20.0S 177.5W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 20.7S 177.5W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 21.3S 177.2W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 22.1S 176.1W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 23.3S 175.2W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 24.9S 174.6W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 25.2S 174.4W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 26.0S 173.9W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 00:00 | 26.1S 173.5W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 26.0S 173.2W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 26.0S 172.9W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 26.0S 172.4W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 26.1S 172.0W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 26.3S 171.9W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 26.4S 171.9W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 26.8S 172.1W | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 27.3S 172.1W | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 28.0S 171.5W | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 28.7S 170.4W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Not reported |
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.