Tropical Storm Tiffany (2022)
Tropical Storm Tiffany peaked at 60 kt in the South Pacific between January 8, 2022 and January 17, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Tiffany, 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
- January 8, 2022 to January 17, 2022
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.8
- Identifier
- SH062022
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 8, 00:00 | 13.3S 147.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 13.4S 148.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 13.4S 148.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 13.7S 147.8E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 13.9S 147.3E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 14.0S 146.9E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 13.9S 145.9E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 14.1S 144.9E | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 14.3S 144.1E | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 14.5S 143.7E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 14.6S 142.7E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 14.6S 141.9E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 14.6S 141.1E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 14.9S 140.0E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 14.9S 138.0E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 14.8S 136.7E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 14.7S 135.4E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 14.5S 133.7E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 14.7S 132.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 15.1S 131.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 15.4S 130.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 15.7S 129.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 15.9S 128.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 15.9S 127.1E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 16.0S 126.2E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 16.3S 125.9E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 16.5S 125.8E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 17.0S 125.2E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 17.6S 124.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 19.0S 124.3E | 15 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 19.7S 125.0E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 21.0S 125.6E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 21.8S 126.3E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 23.3S 127.3E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 24.1S 127.9E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 24.7S 128.4E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 25.3S 129.0E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 26.0S 129.9E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
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.