Tropical Storm Bentha (1995)
Tropical Storm Bentha peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between December 30, 1994 and January 6, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bentha, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 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 30, 1994 to January 6, 1995
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 183 km (114 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.8
- Identifier
- SH061995
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 6.0S 63.1E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 6.3S 62.6E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 6.7S 62.2E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 7.2S 61.9E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 7.8S 61.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 8.4S 61.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 9.0S 61.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 9.6S 61.3E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 10.1S 61.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 10.6S 61.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 11.0S 60.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 11.3S 60.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 11.7S 60.5E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 12.0S 60.3E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 12.4S 60.0E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 12.9S 59.7E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 13.5S 59.5E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 14.1S 59.3E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 14.7S 59.2E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 15.4S 59.2E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 16.0S 59.3E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 16.6S 59.4E | 50 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 17.3S 59.3E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 17.9S 59.0E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 18.3S 58.3E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 18.6S 57.6E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 18.6S 56.7E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 18.4S 55.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 17.8S 54.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 15.9S 54.5E | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone AlbertineSouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone AnnetteSouth Indian · 1995
- Tropical Storm ChristelleSouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone DorinaSouth Indian · 1995
- Tropical Storm FodahSouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone GailSouth Indian · 1995
- Tropical Storm HeidaSouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone BobbySouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone IngridSouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone JostaSouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone KylieSouth Indian · 1995
- Tropical Depression LidySouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone MarleneSouth Indian · 1995
- Cyclone ChloeSouth Indian · 1995
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.