The 1980 season

Cyclone Doris:Gloria (1980)

Cyclone Doris:Gloria reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 12, 1980 and March 29, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
March 12, 1980 to March 29, 1980
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.0
Identifier
SH211980

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
Mar 12, 18:009.2S 132.8ETropical storm
Mar 13, 00:009.0S 132.9ETropical storm
Mar 13, 06:009.0S 133.2ETropical storm
Mar 13, 12:009.1S 133.5ETropical storm
Mar 13, 18:009.2S 134.3ETropical storm
Mar 14, 00:0010.0S 133.8E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 14, 06:009.9S 134.0E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 14, 12:009.8S 134.2E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 14, 18:009.8S 134.5E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 15, 00:009.8S 135.0E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 15, 06:0010.0S 135.7E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 15, 12:0010.3S 136.3E35 ktTropical storm
Mar 15, 18:0010.7S 136.6E40 ktTropical storm
Mar 16, 00:0011.1S 137.0E45 ktTropical storm
Mar 16, 06:0011.5S 137.3E45 ktTropical storm
Mar 16, 12:0012.0S 137.7E45 ktTropical storm
Mar 16, 18:0012.6S 137.7E40 ktTropical storm
Mar 17, 00:0013.1S 137.4E40 ktTropical storm
Mar 17, 06:0013.3S 136.9E40 ktTropical storm
Mar 17, 12:0013.4S 136.5E35 ktTropical storm
Mar 17, 18:0013.5S 136.2E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 18, 00:0013.6S 135.9E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 18, 06:0013.7S 135.5E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 18, 12:0013.7S 135.1E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 18, 18:0013.7S 134.7E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 19, 00:0013.6S 134.2E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 19, 06:0013.4S 133.7ETropical storm
Mar 19, 12:0013.4S 132.5ETropical storm
Mar 19, 18:0013.4S 131.1ETropical storm
Mar 20, 00:0013.7S 129.4E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 06:0014.0S 127.7E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 12:0014.5S 126.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 18:0015.2S 124.5E25 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 00:0015.7S 123.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 06:0016.1S 122.4E30 kt999 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 12:0016.3S 121.5E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 18:0016.5S 120.3E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 00:0016.8S 119.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 06:0016.9S 117.4E40 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 12:0017.1S 115.5E50 kt986 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 18:0017.1S 113.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 00:0016.5S 110.0E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 06:0016.6S 108.9E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 12:0016.7S 107.8E55 kt976 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 18:0016.7S 106.5E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 00:0016.7S 105.3E65 kt973 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 06:0016.8S 104.6E70 kt971 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 12:0016.9S 104.0E75 kt969 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 18:0017.0S 102.9E80 kt967 mbTropical storm
Mar 25, 00:0017.0S 101.8E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Mar 25, 06:0017.1S 100.9E90 kt957 mbTropical storm
Mar 25, 12:0017.2S 100.3E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 25, 18:0017.4S 100.1E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 00:0017.8S 100.0E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 06:0019.1S 99.7E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 12:0020.5S 99.5E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 18:0021.5S 99.4E105 kt956 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 00:0022.5S 99.5E95 kt965 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 06:0023.7S 100.1E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 12:0025.0S 100.8E60 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 18:0027.0S 101.2E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 00:0029.8S 101.6E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 06:0031.1S 102.9E40 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 12:0032.8S 104.1E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 18:0034.5S 105.6E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 00:0036.4S 107.4E30 kt997 mbTropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 1980

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.