The 1920 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1920)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the North Indian between November 20, 1920 and November 28, 1920.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1920 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
North Indian
Dates
November 20, 1920 to November 28, 1920
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
No; closest approach 471 km (293 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
1920325N10066

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 20, 00:0010.2N 66.3ETropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0010.2N 65.9ETropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0010.2N 65.4ETropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0010.2N 64.7ETropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0010.2N 64.0ETropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0010.2N 63.7ETropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0010.2N 63.4ETropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0010.2N 63.2ETropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0010.2N 63.0ETropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0010.2N 62.7ETropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0010.3N 62.5ETropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0010.3N 62.2ETropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0010.3N 62.0ETropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0010.1N 61.7ETropical storm
Nov 23, 12:009.9N 61.6ETropical storm
Nov 23, 18:009.7N 61.9ETropical storm
Nov 24, 00:009.6N 62.3ETropical storm
Nov 24, 06:009.5N 62.6ETropical storm
Nov 24, 12:009.4N 62.8ETropical storm
Nov 24, 18:009.3N 63.1ETropical storm
Nov 25, 00:009.2N 63.3ETropical storm
Nov 25, 06:009.0N 63.3ETropical storm
Nov 25, 12:008.7N 63.2ETropical storm
Nov 25, 18:008.6N 62.9ETropical storm
Nov 26, 00:008.6N 62.5ETropical storm
Nov 26, 06:008.6N 62.1ETropical storm
Nov 26, 12:008.7N 61.7ETropical storm
Nov 26, 18:008.8N 61.1ETropical storm
Nov 27, 00:009.0N 60.5ETropical storm
Nov 27, 06:009.1N 59.9ETropical storm
Nov 27, 12:009.3N 59.3ETropical storm
Nov 27, 18:009.6N 58.7ETropical storm
Nov 28, 00:009.9N 58.1ETropical storm

Other North Indian storms of 1920

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.