Tropical Storm Gina (2022)
Tropical Storm Gina peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between May 16, 2022 and May 22, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gina, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 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
- May 16, 2022 to May 22, 2022
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 72 km (45 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH262022
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 12:00 | 12.9S 171.4E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 16, 18:00 | 13.3S 171.5E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 17, 00:00 | 13.6S 171.6E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 17, 06:00 | 13.9S 171.6E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 17, 12:00 | 14.4S 171.6E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 17, 18:00 | 15.1S 171.2E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 18, 00:00 | 15.4S 170.4E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 18, 06:00 | 15.3S 169.7E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 18, 12:00 | 15.1S 169.5E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 18:00 | 15.3S 169.2E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 00:00 | 15.7S 169.0E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 06:00 | 16.3S 168.7E | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 12:00 | 16.8S 168.4E | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 18:00 | 17.6S 168.1E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 00:00 | 18.3S 167.8E | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 06:00 | 18.7S 167.6E | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 12:00 | 19.2S 168.0E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 18:00 | 19.7S 168.7E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 00:00 | 20.1S 169.4E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 06:00 | 20.4S 170.0E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical storm |
| May 21, 12:00 | 20.5S 170.5E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| May 21, 18:00 | 20.5S 171.1E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical storm |
| May 22, 00:00 | 20.6S 171.5E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical depression |
| May 22, 06:00 | 20.9S 171.5E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical depression |
| May 22, 12:00 | 21.5S 171.5E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical depression |
| May 22, 18:00 | 22.1S 171.5E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2022
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.