The 1991 season

Unnamed tropical storm (1991)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 40 kt in the North Indian between November 9, 1991 and November 16, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1991 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
North Indian
Dates
November 9, 1991 to November 16, 1991
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
998 mb (29.47 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.8
Identifier
IO041991

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 9, 06:0010.0N 95.0E15 ktNot reported
Nov 9, 12:0010.2N 94.4E15 ktNot reported
Nov 9, 18:0010.3N 93.8E15 ktNot reported
Nov 10, 00:0010.5N 93.3E15 ktNot reported
Nov 10, 06:0010.6N 92.8E15 ktNot reported
Nov 10, 12:0010.7N 92.2E20 ktNot reported
Nov 10, 18:0010.8N 91.6E20 ktNot reported
Nov 11, 00:0010.9N 91.0E20 kt1008 mbNot reported
Nov 11, 06:0011.0N 90.3E20 kt1008 mbNot reported
Nov 11, 12:0011.1N 89.6E20 kt1006 mbNot reported
Nov 11, 18:0011.2N 88.9E20 kt1006 mbNot reported
Nov 12, 00:0011.3N 88.1E25 kt1006 mbNot reported
Nov 12, 06:0011.4N 87.3E25 kt1004 mbNot reported
Nov 12, 12:0011.5N 86.5E25 kt1004 mbNot reported
Nov 12, 18:0011.5N 85.7E25 kt1004 mbNot reported
Nov 13, 00:0011.5N 84.9E25 kt1004 mbNot reported
Nov 13, 06:0011.4N 84.0E25 kt1004 mbNot reported
Nov 13, 12:0011.3N 83.1E30 kt1000 mbNot reported
Nov 13, 18:0011.2N 82.4E30 kt1000 mbNot reported
Nov 14, 00:0011.1N 81.8E35 kt1000 mbNot reported
Nov 14, 06:0011.1N 81.4E35 kt1000 mbNot reported
Nov 14, 12:0011.0N 80.9E35 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 14, 18:0011.0N 80.3E40 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 15, 00:0011.1N 79.6E40 kt1000 mbNot reported
Nov 15, 06:0011.4N 78.9E35 kt1002 mbNot reported
Nov 15, 12:0011.7N 78.2E25 kt1000 mbNot reported
Nov 15, 18:0012.0N 77.7E20 kt1002 mbNot reported
Nov 16, 00:0012.3N 77.1E20 ktNot reported
Nov 16, 06:0012.6N 76.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 16, 12:0013.0N 75.9E15 ktNot reported

Other North Indian storms of 1991

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.