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1956 South Pacific cyclone season

The 1956 South Pacific season had 4 storms of tropical-storm strength or more, 0 of them cyclones and 0 major (Category 3 or stronger).

The first storm was tracked from December 6, 1955 and the last ended on January 1, 1970. The strongest by wind was Unnamed tropical storm 14, 1956 South Pacific, at 60 mph (95 km/h). The season's accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) was 4.2.

Storms
4
Cyclones
0
Major
0
Category 5
0
ACE
4.2
Every storm of the season, coloured by strength.

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Storms

StormDatesPeakPressureStrongest
Unnamed storm 1, 1956 South PacificDec 6 – Dec 16—1001 mbStorm
Unnamed storm 2, 1956 South PacificDec 24 – Dec 30——Storm
Unnamed storm 3, 1956 South PacificJan 1 – Jan 4——Storm
Unnamed storm 4, 1956 South PacificJan 15 – Jan 29—968 mbStorm
Unnamed tropical storm 5, 1956 South PacificJan 15 – Jan 1740 mph—Tropical storm
Unnamed storm 6, 1956 South PacificJan 21 – Jan 26——Storm
Unnamed tropical storm 7, 1956 South PacificJan 29 – Feb 450 mph—Tropical storm
Unnamed storm 8, 1956 South PacificFeb 5 – Feb 10——Storm
Unnamed storm 9, 1956 South PacificFeb 6 – Feb 12——Storm
Unnamed storm 10, 1956 South PacificFeb 14 – Feb 18——Storm
Storm AgnesFeb 23 – Mar 12—961 mbStorm
Unnamed storm 12, 1956 South PacificMar 2 – Mar 11——Storm
Unnamed tropical storm 13, 1956 South PacificMar 12 – Mar 1850 mph998 mbTropical storm
Unnamed tropical storm 14, 1956 South PacificMar 24 – Mar 3160 mph990 mbTropical storm
Unnamed tropical depression 15, 1956 South PacificMar 26 – Mar 2825 mph—Tropical depression
Unnamed storm 16, 1956 South PacificApr 2 – Apr 8—995 mbStorm
Unnamed storm 17, 1956 South PacificApr 5 – Apr 10——Storm