Tropical Storm Imogen (2021)
Tropical Storm Imogen peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between January 1, 2021 and January 4, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Imogen, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2021 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 1, 2021 to January 4, 2021
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- SH092021
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 1, 00:00 | 13.8S 136.4E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 14.1S 136.7E | 15 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 14.7S 136.9E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 14.9S 136.9E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 15.0S 137.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 15.0S 137.1E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 15.5S 138.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 15.9S 138.6E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 16.2S 139.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 16.6S 139.8E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 17.4S 140.8E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 17.7S 141.5E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 17.8S 142.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 17.9S 142.7E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2021
- Cyclone YasaSouth Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm ZazuSouth Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Depression ZazuSouth Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm KimiSouth Pacific · 2021
- Cyclone LucasSouth Pacific · 2021
- Cyclone AnaSouth Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm BinaSouth Pacific · 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2021
- Cyclone NiranSouth Pacific · 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2021
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.