Cyclone Sarah (1994)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

January 18, 1994 to February 4, 1994

Peak strength

Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)

Lowest pressure

975 mb (28.79 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

23.2

Identifier

SH111994

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.

• Cyclone RewaSouth Pacific · 1994Cat 4125 kt · 920 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1994Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm SadieSouth Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm35 kt · 990 mb
• Cyclone TheodoreSouth Pacific · 1994Cat 4115 kt · 910 mb
• Cyclone Thomas:TomasSouth Pacific · 1994Cat 3105 kt · 987 mb
• Tropical Storm UshaSouth Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm55 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1994Tropical Depression30 kt

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.