The 1995 season

Cyclone Dorina (1995)

Cyclone Dorina reached Category 3 in the South Indian between January 16, 1995 and February 1, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Dorina, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
January 16, 1995 to February 1, 1995
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
925 mb (27.32 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 392 km (244 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
18.9
Identifier
SH081995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 16, 18:009.5S 78.0E15 ktTropical storm
Jan 17, 00:009.9S 78.1E15 ktTropical storm
Jan 17, 06:0010.2S 78.2E15 ktTropical storm
Jan 17, 12:0010.5S 78.3E15 ktTropical storm
Jan 17, 18:0010.8S 78.4E15 ktTropical storm
Jan 18, 00:0011.1S 78.6E15 ktTropical storm
Jan 18, 06:0011.4S 78.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 18, 12:0011.7S 78.9E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 18, 18:0012.0S 79.0E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 00:0012.2S 79.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 06:0012.4S 79.2E25 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 12:0012.6S 79.2E25 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0012.9S 79.3E25 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 00:0013.2S 79.3E30 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 06:0013.6S 79.2E35 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 12:0014.1S 79.1E40 kt972 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 18:0014.7S 78.9E50 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 00:0015.3S 78.6E60 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 06:0016.0S 78.2E70 kt942 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 12:0016.6S 77.7E80 kt930 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 18:0017.1S 77.1E90 kt925 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 00:0017.5S 76.5E100 kt925 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 06:0017.8S 75.8E100 kt925 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 12:0018.1S 75.2E100 kt930 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 18:0018.3S 74.6E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 00:0018.5S 74.0E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 06:0018.7S 73.4E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 12:0018.8S 72.9E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 18:0018.9S 72.4E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0019.0S 71.9E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0019.1S 71.4E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0019.2S 71.0E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0019.3S 70.7E75 kt972 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0019.4S 70.4E70 kt972 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0019.5S 70.0E65 kt972 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0019.6S 69.6E60 kt972 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0019.7S 69.1E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0019.7S 68.5E50 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 06:0019.8S 67.7E45 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0020.0S 66.7E40 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0020.3S 65.6E40 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0020.6S 64.5E45 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0021.0S 63.4E50 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0021.5S 62.4E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0022.2S 61.5E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0022.9S 60.6E50 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0023.6S 59.8E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0024.4S 59.4E45 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0025.2S 59.0E45 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0025.9S 58.7E40 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0026.5S 58.4E40 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0027.1S 58.0E35 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0027.8S 57.5E35 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 00:0028.5S 57.0E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 06:0029.1S 56.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 12:0029.6S 55.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 18:0030.8S 56.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 00:0031.6S 56.8E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 06:0032.5S 57.3E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 12:0033.4S 58.7EExtratropical
Jan 31, 18:0033.7S 60.5EExtratropical
Feb 1, 00:0034.3S 63.0EExtratropical

Other South Indian storms of 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.