Tropical Storm Ferdinand (1984)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

March 2, 1984 to March 6, 1984

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph), ten-minute wind

Lowest pressure

980 mb (28.94 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

0.0

Identifier

1984062S12131

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.

• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm35 kt
• Cyclone OscarSouth Indian · 1984Cat 170 kt · 968 mb
• Tropical Storm PearlSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm35 kt · 998 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm45 kt
• Cyclone QuentonSouth Indian · 1984Cat 170 kt · 955 mb
• Cyclone AndrySouth Indian · 1984Cat 4130 kt · 927 mb
• Tropical Storm EstherSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Cyclone BakolySouth Indian · 1984Cat 290 kt · 927 mb
• Tropical Depression SharonSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm TimSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm45 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm CabotoSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm36 kt · 991 mb
• Tropical Storm DomoinaSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm55 kt · 976 mb
• Tropical Storm EdoaraSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm36 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone Fanja:VivienneSouth Indian · 1984Cat 175 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm GalySouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm36 kt · 991 mb
• Tropical Storm WillySouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm55 kt · 960 mb
• Cyclone Annette:JaminySouth Indian · 1984Cat 3100 kt · 927 mb
• Tropical Storm HajaSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm45 kt · 976 mb
• Tropical Storm ImboaSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm45 kt · 976 mb
• Cyclone BobbySouth Indian · 1984Cat 285 kt · 950 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1984Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm JaminySouth Indian · 1984Tropical Storm36 kt · 1000 mb
• Cyclone ChloeSouth Indian · 1984Cat 175 kt · 955 mb
• Cyclone DarylSouth Indian · 1984Cat 175 kt · 955 mb
• Cyclone KamisySouth Indian · 1984Cat 3100 kt · 927 mb

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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.

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.