Cyclone Bakoly (1984)
Cyclone Bakoly reached Category 2 in the South Indian between December 19, 1983 and December 31, 1983, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Bakoly, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1984 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- December 19, 1983 to December 31, 1983
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 927 mb (27.37 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 23 km (14 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.6
- Identifier
- SH091984
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 7.5S 69.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 8.6S 70.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 9.4S 70.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 10.0S 69.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 10.4S 69.3E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 10.5S 68.8E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 10.5S 68.3E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 10.7S 67.9E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 10.9S 67.4E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 11.3S 66.5E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 11.7S 65.4E | 55 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 12.0S 64.4E | 60 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 12.4S 63.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 12.9S 62.3E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 13.5S 61.2E | 80 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 13.8S 60.3E | 80 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 14.2S 59.5E | 85 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 14.8S 58.4E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 15.5S 57.4E | 90 kt | 927 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 16.0S 57.0E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 16.6S 56.8E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 17.3S 56.6E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 18.1S 56.4E | 90 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 18.5S 56.2E | 90 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 18.9S 56.3E | 85 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 19.6S 56.6E | 85 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 20.3S 56.9E | 80 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 21.0S 57.2E | 80 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 21.7S 57.5E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 22.5S 57.4E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 23.3S 57.0E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 24.0S 56.8E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 24.7S 56.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 25.4S 56.5E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 26.1S 56.5E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 27.1S 54.7E | 36 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 28.0S 54.8E | 28 kt | 997 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 28.3S 55.1E | 28 kt | 997 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 28.4S 56.2E | 28 kt | 997 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 28.0S 55.7E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 27.5S 54.8E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 27.4S 53.7E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 28.1S 52.7E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 29.0S 51.9E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 29.4S 50.4E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 30.0S 49.1E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 31.9S 50.6E | 36 kt | Mixed | |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 33.4S 53.6E | 36 kt | Mixed | |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 34.4S 57.5E | 36 kt | Mixed | |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 35.0S 60.0E | 36 kt | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 1984
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone OscarSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm PearlSouth Indian · 1984
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone QuentonSouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone AndrySouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm EstherSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Depression SharonSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm TimSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm CabotoSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm DomoinaSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm EdoaraSouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone Fanja:VivienneSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm GalySouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm WillySouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone Annette:JaminySouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm HajaSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm ImboaSouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone BobbySouth Indian · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm JaminySouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone ChloeSouth Indian · 1984
- Tropical Storm FerdinandSouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone DarylSouth Indian · 1984
- Cyclone KamisySouth Indian · 1984
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.