The 1999 season

Cyclone Davina (1999)

Cyclone Davina reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 1, 1999 and March 19, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Davina, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 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
March 1, 1999 to March 19, 1999
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 22 km (14 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
27.0
Identifier
SH251999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 1, 06:009.9S 89.2E25 ktNot reported
Mar 1, 12:009.8S 89.3E25 ktNot reported
Mar 1, 18:009.7S 89.4E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 2, 00:009.6S 89.6E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 2, 06:009.6S 89.8E30 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 12:009.6S 90.0E35 ktTropical storm
Mar 2, 18:009.9S 90.4E35 ktTropical storm
Mar 3, 00:0010.2S 90.5E35 ktTropical storm
Mar 3, 06:0010.6S 90.6E40 ktTropical storm
Mar 3, 12:0011.2S 90.4E40 ktTropical storm
Mar 3, 18:0011.6S 90.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 00:0011.8S 89.8E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 06:0012.0S 89.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 12:0012.6S 88.2E50 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 18:0013.5S 86.7E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 5, 00:0013.6S 85.3E55 kt983 mbTropical storm
Mar 5, 06:0013.7S 83.8E70 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 5, 12:0014.0S 82.2E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Mar 5, 18:0014.5S 80.8E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 6, 00:0014.8S 79.4E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Mar 6, 06:0015.1S 78.0E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Mar 6, 12:0015.5S 76.7E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Mar 6, 18:0015.9S 75.5E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Mar 7, 00:0016.3S 74.1E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Mar 7, 06:0016.6S 72.7E105 kt938 mbTropical storm
Mar 7, 12:0017.0S 71.1E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Mar 7, 18:0017.2S 69.4E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 00:0017.3S 67.8E105 kt930 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 06:0017.4S 66.4E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 12:0017.8S 65.1E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 18:0018.4S 63.5E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 00:0019.0S 61.8E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 06:0019.6S 60.1E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 12:0020.2S 58.8E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 18:0020.8S 57.5E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 10, 00:0021.3S 56.5E85 kt967 mbTropical storm
Mar 10, 06:0021.7S 55.7E85 kt974 mbTropical storm
Mar 10, 12:0022.2S 54.8E80 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 10, 18:0022.6S 54.2E80 kt983 mbTropical storm
Mar 11, 00:0022.9S 53.4E75 kt983 mbTropical storm
Mar 11, 06:0023.0S 53.2E75 kt983 mbTropical storm
Mar 11, 12:0023.0S 52.9E75 kt983 mbTropical storm
Mar 11, 18:0023.1S 52.6E75 kt983 mbTropical storm
Mar 12, 00:0023.1S 52.4E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 12, 06:0023.0S 52.3E60 kt987 mbTropical storm
Mar 12, 12:0022.8S 52.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Mar 12, 18:0022.6S 52.3E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 13, 00:0022.4S 52.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 13, 06:0022.1S 52.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 13, 12:0022.1S 52.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 13, 18:0022.0S 53.1E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 00:0021.9S 52.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 06:0021.6S 52.6E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 12:0021.4S 52.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 18:0021.0S 51.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 00:0020.8S 51.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 06:0020.6S 51.0E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 12:0020.0S 49.9E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 18:0019.9S 49.6E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 00:0019.9S 49.3E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 06:0020.2S 49.3E1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 12:0020.5S 49.3E1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 18:0020.7S 49.3E1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 00:0020.8S 49.3E1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 06:0020.9S 49.4E1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 12:0020.7S 49.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 18:0020.6S 49.8E1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 00:0020.9S 50.1E1005 mbMixed
Mar 18, 06:0021.3S 50.5E1005 mbMixed
Mar 18, 12:0021.4S 50.9E1005 mbMixed
Mar 18, 18:0021.0S 50.9E1005 mbMixed
Mar 19, 00:0020.4S 51.0E1006 mbMixed
Mar 19, 06:0019.7S 51.1E1006 mbMixed
Mar 19, 12:0019.0S 51.1E1006 mbMixed

Other South Indian storms of 1999

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.