Cyclone Geralda (1994)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

January 25, 1994 to February 9, 1994

Peak strength

Category 5, 145 kt (167 mph)

Lowest pressure

905 mb (26.72 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

31.1

Fastest the center moved

14 kt (16 mph)

Identifier

SH131994

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.

• Tropical Storm AlexinaSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm60 kt · 982 mb
• Tropical Storm BettinaSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm55 kt · 970 mb
• Cyclone CeciliaSouth Indian · 1994Cat 285 kt · 972 mb
• Tropical Storm NaomiSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm55 kt · 960 mb
• Tropical Storm OscarSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm40 kt · 995 mb
• Cyclone DaisySouth Indian · 1994Cat 295 kt · 935 mb
• Cyclone Farah:PearlSouth Indian · 1994Cat 295 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm EdmeaSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm50 kt · 976 mb
• Cyclone QuentonSouth Indian · 1994Cat 175 kt · 955 mb
• Cyclone HollandaSouth Indian · 1994Cat 3105 kt · 940 mb
• Cyclone IvySouth Indian · 1994Cat 3100 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Depression JulitaSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Depression30 kt · 995 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm35 kt
• Cyclone LitanneSouth Indian · 1994Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Tropical Storm KelvinaSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Cyclone MariolaSouth Indian · 1994Cat 290 kt · 966 mb
• Cyclone SharonSouth Indian · 1994Cat 3110 kt · 930 mb
• Cyclone NadiaSouth Indian · 1994Cat 4120 kt · 925 mb
• Cyclone OdilleSouth Indian · 1994Cat 3105 kt · 925 mb
• Tropical Storm TimSouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm40 kt · 995 mb
• Cyclone VivienneSouth Indian · 1994Cat 170 kt · 955 mb
• Tropical Storm WillySouth Indian · 1994Tropical Storm40 kt · 985 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.

• Wikipedia article: Cyclone Geralda