Cyclone Tino (2020)
Cyclone Tino reached Category 2 in the South Pacific between January 15, 2020 and January 20, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Tino, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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
- January 15, 2020 to January 20, 2020
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 88 km (55 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.6
- Identifier
- SH082020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 11.9S 169.9E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 11.6S 170.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 11.3S 171.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 11.1S 172.9E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 11.0S 174.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 11.5S 175.5E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 12.5S 176.7E | 40 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 13.6S 177.7E | 45 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 14.6S 178.7E | 55 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 15.3S 179.9E | 60 kt | 972 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 16.4S 178.8W | 65 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 17.9S 177.4W | 75 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 19.1S 176.2W | 85 kt | 957 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 20.1S 174.9W | 85 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 21.4S 173.0W | 80 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 23.0S 171.3W | 80 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 25.1S 169.2W | 70 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 27.6S 167.4W | 65 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 30.2S 165.3W | 60 kt | 961 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 33.1S 163.0W | 55 kt | 961 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 35.8S 199.7E | Not reported | ||
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 39.2S 202.3E | Not reported | ||
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 40.6S 203.5E | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2020
- Cyclone RitaSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone SaraiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone UesiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm VickySouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm WasiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm EstherSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone GretelSouth Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone HaroldSouth Pacific · 2020
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.