Tropical Storm Beltane (1998)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

February 1, 1998 to February 20, 1998

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)

Lowest pressure

992 mb (29.29 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.9

Identifier

SH211998

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

• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Storm45 kt · 995 mb
• Tropical Storm SidSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Storm40 kt · 985 mb
• Cyclone SelwynSouth Indian · 1998Cat 165 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Storm35 kt · 995 mb
• Cyclone TiffanySouth Indian · 1998Cat 4120 kt · 940 mb
• Cyclone AnacelleSouth Indian · 1998Cat 4115 kt · 950 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Storm45 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm DonalineSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Storm55 kt · 988 mb
• Cyclone ElsieSouth Indian · 1998Cat 290 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm FionaSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Storm35 kt · 995 mb
• Cyclone GemmaSouth Indian · 1998Cat 170 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998Tropical Storm40 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.