The 1994 season

Cyclone Odille (1994)

Cyclone Odille reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 26, 1994 and April 17, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Odille, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1994 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
South Indian
Dates
March 26, 1994 to April 17, 1994
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
925 mb (27.32 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 394 km (245 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
26.5
Identifier
SH261994

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
Mar 26, 18:007.8S 91.5E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 27, 00:008.0S 91.7E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 27, 06:008.2S 91.9E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 27, 12:008.4S 92.1E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 27, 18:008.7S 92.3E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 28, 00:009.0S 92.5E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 28, 06:009.3S 92.6E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 28, 12:009.6S 92.6E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 28, 18:009.8S 92.6E25 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 00:0010.1S 92.5E25 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 06:0010.3S 92.3E25 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 12:0010.5S 92.1E25 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 18:0010.7S 91.8E25 ktTropical storm
Mar 30, 00:0010.8S 91.4E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 30, 06:0010.9S 91.0E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 30, 12:0010.9S 90.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 18:0010.8S 90.0E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 00:0010.7S 89.5E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 06:0010.6S 88.9E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 12:0010.5S 88.4E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 18:0010.4S 87.9E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 00:0010.3S 87.3E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0010.3S 86.8E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0010.4S 86.3E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:0010.6S 85.7E60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 00:0010.8S 85.1E65 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 06:0011.0S 84.4E70 kt978 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 12:0011.2S 83.7E75 kt974 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 18:0011.4S 83.0E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 00:0011.6S 82.3E80 kt966 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 06:0011.8S 81.7E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 12:0012.1S 81.1E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 18:0012.4S 80.4E75 kt974 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:0012.6S 79.6E75 kt978 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:0012.8S 78.7E70 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:0012.7S 77.8E70 kt988 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:0012.5S 76.9E65 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 00:0012.1S 76.0E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 06:0011.7S 75.1E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 12:0011.3S 74.3E55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 18:0010.9S 73.6E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 00:0010.5S 72.9E50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 06:0010.2S 72.1E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 12:0010.1S 71.4E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 18:0010.2S 70.8E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 00:0010.4S 70.1E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 06:0010.7S 69.5E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 12:0011.0S 68.8E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 18:0011.4S 68.1E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:0011.8S 67.3E45 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:0012.2S 66.5E50 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 12:0012.6S 65.7E50 kt978 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 18:0013.0S 64.9E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:0013.4S 64.1E55 kt974 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:0013.8S 63.3E60 kt974 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 12:0014.1S 62.6E60 kt974 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 18:0014.3S 62.0E65 kt968 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 00:0014.5S 61.5E65 kt962 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 06:0014.7S 61.1E70 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 12:0014.9S 60.7E80 kt950 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 18:0015.1S 60.4E90 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 00:0015.4S 60.1E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 06:0015.9S 60.0E105 kt935 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 12:0016.5S 60.0E105 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 18:0017.2S 60.2E100 kt925 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 00:0018.1S 60.7E100 kt925 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 06:0019.1S 61.4E95 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 12:0020.3S 62.1E95 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 18:0021.6S 62.7E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 00:0023.1S 63.3E85 kt968 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 06:0024.6S 64.2E75 kt978 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 12:0026.2S 65.5E65 kt986 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 18:0027.7S 67.3E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 00:0029.2S 69.2E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 06:0030.6S 71.3E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 12:0028.8S 71.8EExtratropical
Apr 14, 18:0028.6S 74.3EExtratropical
Apr 15, 00:0028.3S 76.7EExtratropical
Apr 15, 06:0028.3S 77.9EExtratropical
Apr 15, 12:0028.6S 78.8EExtratropical
Apr 15, 18:0029.0S 80.0EExtratropical
Apr 16, 00:0029.9S 81.6EExtratropical
Apr 16, 06:0030.9S 83.4EExtratropical
Apr 16, 12:0031.8S 85.1EExtratropical
Apr 16, 18:0032.5S 86.9EExtratropical
Apr 17, 00:0032.8S 88.3EExtratropical

Other South Indian storms of 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.