The 1996 season

Unnamed cyclone (1996)

Unnamed cyclone reached Category 1 in the North Indian between October 14, 1996 and November 2, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed cyclone, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 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
North Indian
Dates
October 14, 1996 to November 2, 1996
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.9
Identifier
IO051996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 14, 00:009.1N 91.7E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 06:009.5N 90.5E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 12:0010.0N 89.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 18:0010.6N 87.9E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 00:0011.3N 86.6E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:0011.9N 85.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 12:0012.4N 84.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 18:0012.9N 83.7E15 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 00:0013.3N 83.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 06:0013.4N 82.7E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 12:0013.4N 82.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 18:0013.3N 82.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 00:0013.1N 81.7E20 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 06:0012.9N 81.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 12:0012.8N 80.8E20 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 18:0012.9N 80.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 00:0013.0N 80.1E15 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 06:0013.0N 79.8E15 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 12:0013.0N 79.5E15 ktNot reported
Oct 18, 18:0013.0N 78.8E15 ktNot reported
Oct 19, 00:0013.0N 78.1E15 ktNot reported
Oct 19, 06:0013.0N 77.5E15 ktNot reported
Oct 19, 12:0013.0N 76.9E15 ktNot reported
Oct 19, 18:0013.0N 76.3E15 ktNot reported
Oct 20, 00:0013.1N 75.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 20, 06:0013.2N 74.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 20, 12:0013.2N 73.2E20 ktNot reported
Oct 20, 18:0013.2N 72.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 21, 00:0013.3N 71.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 21, 06:0013.5N 70.7E25 ktNot reported
Oct 21, 12:0013.7N 70.3E25 ktNot reported
Oct 21, 18:0013.8N 70.0E25 ktNot reported
Oct 22, 00:0013.9N 69.8E30 ktNot reported
Oct 22, 06:0014.0N 69.7E35 ktNot reported
Oct 22, 12:0014.2N 69.6E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0014.3N 69.7E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0014.5N 69.9E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0015.0N 70.1E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0015.8N 70.2E60 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0016.8N 70.2E65 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0017.6N 70.0E60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0018.3N 69.9E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0019.0N 69.9E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0019.5N 70.0E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0019.8N 70.1E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0020.0N 70.1E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0020.1N 69.9E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0020.0N 69.7E35 ktTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0019.8N 69.7E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0019.6N 69.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0019.4N 69.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0019.0N 69.6E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0018.4N 69.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0017.8N 69.0E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0017.0N 68.6E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 18:0016.2N 68.1E40 ktNot reported
Oct 28, 00:0015.5N 67.5E35 ktNot reported
Oct 28, 06:0015.0N 67.0E35 ktNot reported
Oct 28, 12:0014.8N 66.6E35 ktNot reported
Oct 28, 18:0014.5N 66.0E35 ktNot reported
Oct 29, 00:0014.3N 65.1E35 ktNot reported
Oct 29, 06:0014.1N 64.1E35 ktNot reported
Oct 29, 12:0013.9N 62.8E35 ktNot reported
Oct 29, 18:0013.7N 61.6E35 ktNot reported
Oct 30, 00:0013.7N 60.6E35 ktNot reported
Oct 30, 06:0013.7N 59.4E35 ktNot reported
Oct 30, 12:0013.7N 58.3E35 ktNot reported
Oct 30, 18:0013.6N 57.6E35 ktNot reported
Oct 31, 00:0013.5N 56.7E30 ktNot reported
Oct 31, 06:0013.3N 56.1E30 ktNot reported
Oct 31, 12:0013.0N 55.4E30 ktNot reported
Oct 31, 18:0012.3N 54.8E25 ktNot reported
Nov 1, 00:0011.8N 54.3E25 ktNot reported
Nov 1, 06:0010.9N 53.8E25 ktNot reported
Nov 1, 12:0010.1N 53.3E25 ktNot reported
Nov 1, 18:009.3N 52.8E25 ktNot reported
Nov 2, 00:008.5N 52.4E20 ktNot reported
Nov 2, 06:007.7N 51.9E20 ktNot reported

Other North Indian storms of 1996

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.