Cyclone Frederic (1988)
Cyclone Frederic reached Category 1 in the South Indian between January 28, 1988 and February 2, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Cyclone Frederic. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 28, 1988 to February 2, 1988
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 449 km (279 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.1
- Identifier
- SH101988
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 28, 00:00 | 6.9S 99.5E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 6.8S 98.8E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 6.9S 98.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 7.2S 98.6E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 00:00 | 7.6S 99.0E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 06:00 | 8.1S 97.9E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 8.8S 97.5E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 9.6S 97.2E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 10.2S 97.1E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 10.8S 96.7E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 11.6S 96.4E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 12.6S 96.4E | 35 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 13.6S 96.6E | 35 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 14.8S 96.5E | 40 kt | 973 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 16.0S 96.2E | 45 kt | 961 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 17.1S 95.9E | 50 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 18.1S 95.8E | 65 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 19.1S 96.0E | 55 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 20.1S 96.1E | 45 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 20.6S 95.5E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 20.9S 94.7E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 21.2S 93.9E | 30 kt | Tropical storm |
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
- Tropical Storm CalideraSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone DoazaSouth 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.
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.