Tropical Storm Calidera (1988)
Tropical Storm Calidera peaked at 36 kt in the South Indian between January 19, 1988 and January 21, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Calidera, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1988 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
- January 19, 1988 to January 21, 1988
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 36 kt (41 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Identifier
- 1988019S24044
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 24.2S 43.9E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 24.8S 44.2E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 25.9S 44.9E | 24 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 27.0S 46.0E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 27.8S 47.2E | 36 kt | Disturbance | |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 28.7S 48.7E | 36 kt | Disturbance | |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 29.1S 50.2E | 36 kt | Disturbance | |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 29.7S 52.5E | 36 kt | Disturbance | |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 30.0S 54.9E | 36 kt | Disturbance | |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 30.0S 57.0E | 36 kt | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm ArinySouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm BenandroSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone CalideraSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone DoazaSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone FredericSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone Ezenina:GwendaSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone FilaoSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone GasitaoSouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm HelySouth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm IarisenaSouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm HerbieSouth Indian · 1988
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. 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.
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.