Unnamed tropical depression (2016)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

December 21, 2015 to January 1, 2016

Peak strength

Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph), ten-minute wind

Lowest pressure

994 mb (29.35 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

0.0

Identifier

2015355S16136

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

• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm TuniSouth Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb
• Cyclone UlaSouth Pacific · 2016Cat 4120 kt · 933 mb
• Cyclone VictorSouth Pacific · 2016Cat 290 kt · 956 mb
• Tropical Storm TatianaSouth Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm55 kt · 982 mb
• Cyclone WinstonSouth Pacific · 2016Cat 5155 kt · 907 mb
• Tropical Storm YaloSouth Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm55 kt · 982 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb
• Cyclone ZenaSouth Pacific · 2016Cat 290 kt · 956 mb
• Cyclone AmosSouth Pacific · 2016Cat 290 kt · 956 mb

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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.

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.