Unnamed tropical storm (2026)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 39 kt in the South Pacific between January 21, 2026 and January 23, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2026 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: South Pacific
Dates: January 21, 2026 to January 23, 2026
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 39 kt (45 mph)
Lowest pressure: 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 88 km (55 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 1.4
Identifier: SH162026

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 21, 00:00	17.5S 159.1E	35 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 21, 06:00	19.1S 161.1E	39 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Jan 21, 12:00	20.8S 163.0E	39 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 21, 18:00	22.1S 164.5E	39 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Jan 22, 00:00	23.4S 166.9E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Jan 22, 06:00	24.5S 169.4E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Jan 22, 12:00	25.2S 172.4E	39 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Jan 22, 18:00	25.8S 174.8E	35 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Jan 23, 00:00	25.9S 177.0E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Jan 23, 06:00	25.6S 179.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Not reported

Other South Pacific storms of 2026

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.