The 1984 season

Cyclone Quenton (1984)

Cyclone Quenton reached Category 1 in the South Indian between November 26, 1983 and November 30, 1983, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Quenton, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
November 26, 1983 to November 30, 1983
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.5
Identifier
SH061984

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 26, 00:0010.5S 112.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0010.7S 112.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0011.0S 113.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 18:0011.4S 113.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 00:0011.7S 113.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 06:0012.8S 113.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 12:0013.6S 113.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 18:0014.1S 114.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 00:0014.6S 114.7E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 06:0015.1S 115.0E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 12:0015.7S 115.6E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 18:0016.2S 116.8E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 00:0016.7S 118.1E65 kt965 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 06:0017.8S 119.4E70 kt955 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 12:0019.0S 120.7E70 kt955 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 18:0020.1S 121.9E65 kt965 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 00:0021.1S 122.9E50 kt980 mbTropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 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.