Storm history › South Pacific › 1996 season
Tropical Storm Atu (1996)
Atu was a tropical storm of the 1996 South Pacific season. It was tracked from March 4, 1996 to March 18, 1996, about 14 days, and covered 4,272 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 14 days
- Track length
- 4,272 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 311th highest of 671 South Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Koji (2026), Tropical Storm Kirrily (2024), Tropical Storm Nat (2024) and 66 more.
- Lowest pressure: 456th lowest of 844 South Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Koji (2026), Tropical Storm Penny (2019), Tropical Storm Iris (2018) and 22 more.
- Energy: 6% of the 1996 South Pacific season's ACE.