Cyclone Victor (1986)
Cyclone Victor reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 2, 1986 and March 9, 1986, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Victor, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1986 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
- March 2, 1986 to March 9, 1986
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 150 km (93 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.4
- Identifier
- SH221986
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 13.6S 124.7E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 13.7S 124.2E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 13.9S 123.5E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 06:00 | 14.1S 122.7E | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 12:00 | 14.3S 121.8E | 35 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 18:00 | 14.6S 121.1E | 40 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 00:00 | 15.0S 120.3E | 45 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 06:00 | 15.4S 119.4E | 55 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 12:00 | 15.8S 118.4E | 70 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 18:00 | 16.3S 117.6E | 80 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 16.9S 116.8E | 90 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 17.4S 116.1E | 100 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 17.9S 115.5E | 105 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 18.3S 115.0E | 105 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 18.6S 114.5E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 19.0S 114.1E | 95 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 19.5S 113.6E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 20.0S 113.1E | 85 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 20.5S 112.5E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 21.1S 112.0E | 75 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 21.7S 111.5E | 70 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 22.4S 111.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 23.2S 110.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 24.2S 109.9E | 50 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 25.2S 109.5E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 26.3S 109.3E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 27.4S 109.3E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 28.7S 109.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone NicholasSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm AlifredySouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm BerobiaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone DelifinaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm OpheliaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone CostaSouth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm HectorSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm PanchoSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone ErinestaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm FilomenaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm RhondaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone GistaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm SelwynSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm TiffanySouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone HonorininaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm IarimaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone JefotraSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone Alison:KrisostomaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Depression KrisostomaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone Billy:LilaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Depression LilaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Depression LilaSouth Indian · 1986
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.