Cyclone Cecilia (1994)
Cyclone Cecilia reached Category 2 in the South Indian between December 11, 1993 and December 21, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 972 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Cyclone Cecilia. 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
- December 11, 1993 to December 21, 1993
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 972 mb (28.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 103 km (64 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.4
- Identifier
- SH031994
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 11, 00:00 | 8.4S 82.6E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 9.2S 82.5E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 10.0S 82.3E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 10.8S 81.9E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 11.6S 81.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 12.4S 80.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 13.3S 80.2E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 14.1S 79.4E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 14.5S 78.4E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 14.9S 77.5E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 15.4S 76.4E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 15.8S 75.2E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 15.8S 74.1E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 15.7S 73.2E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 15.6S 72.4E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 15.4S 71.4E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 15.2S 70.0E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 15.3S 68.8E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 15.4S 67.7E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 15.4S 66.7E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 15.3S 65.7E | 60 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 15.4S 64.7E | 60 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 15.5S 63.9E | 65 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 15.7S 63.1E | 65 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 15.9S 62.4E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 16.2S 61.7E | 75 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 16.5S 61.0E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 16.8S 60.5E | 80 kt | 972 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 17.2S 60.1E | 85 kt | 972 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 17.6S 59.7E | 80 kt | 972 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 17.8S 59.2E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 18.0S 58.6E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 18.2S 58.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 18.4S 57.3E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 18.7S 56.6E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 19.2S 55.8E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 19.5S 55.1E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 19.8S 54.6E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 20.2S 54.4E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 20.6S 54.3E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 21.0S 54.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 21.6S 54.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 22.8S 54.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlexinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm BettinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm NaomiSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm OscarSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone DaisySouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone Farah:PearlSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm EdmeaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone QuentonSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone GeraldaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone HollandaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone IvySouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Depression JulitaSouth Indian · 1994
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone LitanneSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm KelvinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone MariolaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone SharonSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone NadiaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone OdilleSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm TimSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone VivienneSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm WillySouth Indian · 1994
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.