Tropical Storm Delfina (2003)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

December 30, 2002 to January 14, 2003

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)

Lowest pressure

984 mb (29.06 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.3

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)

Overall size

130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

20 kt (23 mph)

Identifier

SH082003

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

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• Tropical Storm AtangSouth Indian · 2003Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone BouraSouth Indian · 2003Cat 175 kt · 967 mb
• Cyclone CrystalSouth Indian · 2003Cat 290 kt · 954 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2003Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Cyclone EbulaSouth Indian · 2003Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Tropical Storm FariSouth Indian · 2003Tropical Storm55 kt · 984 mb
• Cyclone FionaSouth Indian · 2003Cat 3110 kt · 933 mb
• Tropical Storm IshaSouth Indian · 2003Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone GerrySouth Indian · 2003Cat 3105 kt · 938 mb
• Cyclone HapeSouth Indian · 2003Cat 290 kt · 954 mb
• Tropical Storm GrahamSouth Indian · 2003Tropical Storm40 kt · 994 mb
• Cyclone JaphetSouth Indian · 2003Cat 4115 kt · 927 mb
• Tropical Storm HarrietSouth Indian · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 994 mb
• Cyclone KalundeSouth Indian · 2003Cat 5140 kt · 898 mb
• Tropical Storm CraigSouth Indian · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Cyclone InigoSouth Indian · 2003Cat 5140 kt · 898 mb
• Cyclone LumaSouth Indian · 2003Cyclone70 kt · 980 mb
• Cyclone ManouSouth Indian · 2003Cat 175 kt · 967 mb

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.

• Wikipedia article: Tropical Storm Delfina