Unnamed tropical storm (2022)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between January 29, 2022 and February 4, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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 29, 2022 to February 4, 2022
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 160 km (99 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.0
- Identifier
- SH092022
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 29, 18:00 | 14.2S 147.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 13.8S 147.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 13.5S 148.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 13.9S 149.3E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 14.2S 149.9E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 14.1S 150.1E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 14.2S 150.8E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 14.8S 151.6E | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 14.9S 152.2E | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 14.9S 152.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 14.9S 152.8E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 15.0S 153.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 15.0S 153.6E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 15.0S 154.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 15.0S 154.8E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 2, 12:00 | 15.5S 156.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 2, 18:00 | 16.1S 157.2E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 3, 00:00 | 16.7S 158.2E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 3, 06:00 | 17.2S 159.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 3, 12:00 | 17.6S 160.0E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 3, 18:00 | 18.2S 161.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 4, 00:00 | 19.4S 162.8E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical 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.