Tropical Storm Hely (1988)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

March 16, 1988 to April 2, 1988

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)

Lowest pressure

976 mb (28.82 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

3.3

Identifier

SH171988

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 · 1988Tropical Storm55 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1988Tropical Storm40 kt
• Tropical Storm ArinySouth Indian · 1988Tropical Storm55 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm BenandroSouth Indian · 1988Tropical Storm36 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone CalideraSouth Indian · 1988Cat 165 kt · 966 mb
• Tropical Storm CalideraSouth Indian · 1988Tropical Storm36 kt · 1000 mb
• Cyclone DoazaSouth Indian · 1988Cat 4115 kt · 954 mb
• Cyclone FredericSouth Indian · 1988Cat 165 kt · 955 mb
• Cyclone Ezenina:GwendaSouth Indian · 1988Cat 290 kt · 941 mb
• Cyclone FilaoSouth Indian · 1988Cat 285 kt · 954 mb
• Cyclone GasitaoSouth Indian · 1988Cat 4130 kt · 927 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1988Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1988Tropical Depression25 kt
• Tropical Storm IarisenaSouth Indian · 1988Tropical Storm40 kt · 991 mb
• Tropical Storm HerbieSouth Indian · 1988Tropical Storm50 kt · 982 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.

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.