Cyclone Graham (1992)
Cyclone Graham reached Category 4 in the South Indian between December 1, 1991 and December 12, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 915 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Graham, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1992 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
- December 1, 1991 to December 12, 1991
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 915 mb (27.02 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 528 km (328 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.5
- Identifier
- SH051992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 4.4S 95.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 4.6S 94.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 4.9S 94.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 5.1S 93.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 5.3S 93.7E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 06:00 | 5.5S 93.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 12:00 | 5.7S 93.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 2, 18:00 | 6.1S 93.3E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 00:00 | 6.5S 93.1E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 6.9S 92.9E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 7.2S 92.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 7.5S 92.7E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 7.9S 92.9E | 65 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 8.2S 93.1E | 70 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 8.5S 93.5E | 75 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 8.9S 94.1E | 85 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 9.2S 94.7E | 95 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 9.6S 95.4E | 105 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 10.0S 96.1E | 110 kt | 915 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 10.6S 96.9E | 115 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 11.1S 97.7E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 11.6S 98.4E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 12.0S 98.9E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 12.4S 99.4E | 95 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 12.6S 100.0E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 12.6S 100.7E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 12.5S 101.4E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 12.4S 102.2E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 12.6S 102.8E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 13.0S 103.2E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 13.3S 103.5E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 13.7S 103.7E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 13.9S 103.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 14.2S 104.0E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 14.4S 104.3E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 14.5S 104.6E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 14.7S 104.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 06:00 | 15.0S 104.8E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 12:00 | 15.2S 104.6E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 15.2S 104.3E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 15.2S 103.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 15.1S 103.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 14.9S 102.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 14.7S 101.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 14.5S 101.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 14.3S 100.4E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 14.2S 99.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone AlexandraSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm BrynaSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm MarkSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm CelestaSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm DaviliaSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm ElizabethaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone FaridaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone IanSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Depression GerdaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone Harriet:HeatherSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm GerdaSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm GerdaSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone NevilleSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone Irna:JaneSouth Indian · 1992
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.