Tropical Storm Darius (2004)

Tropical Storm Darius peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between December 23, 2003 and January 4, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Darius, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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: December 23, 2003 to January 4, 2004
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure: 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 23 km (14 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 5.8
Identifier: SH062004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Dec 23, 18:00	6.5S 66.9E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 24, 00:00	6.6S 67.1E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 24, 06:00	6.6S 67.3E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 24, 12:00	6.5S 67.5E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 24, 18:00	6.4S 67.8E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 25, 00:00	6.4S 68.1E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 25, 06:00	6.4S 68.4E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 25, 12:00	6.5S 69.0E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 25, 18:00	6.9S 69.7E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 26, 00:00	7.4S 70.2E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 26, 06:00	7.8S 70.6E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 26, 12:00	8.1S 70.9E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 26, 18:00	8.3S 70.9E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 27, 00:00	8.5S 70.8E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 27, 06:00	8.7S 70.6E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 27, 12:00	8.8S 70.3E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 27, 18:00	8.9S 69.8E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 28, 00:00	9.0S 69.2E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 28, 06:00	9.1S 68.3E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 28, 12:00	9.3S 67.3E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 28, 18:00	9.5S 66.3E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Dec 29, 00:00	9.8S 65.2E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 29, 06:00	10.1S 64.2E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 29, 12:00	10.7S 63.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 29, 18:00	11.5S 63.0E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 30, 00:00	12.2S 62.2E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 30, 06:00	12.8S 61.3E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 30, 12:00	13.4S 60.6E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 30, 18:00	14.2S 60.1E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 31, 00:00	14.7S 59.7E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 31, 06:00	15.1S 59.3E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 31, 12:00	15.5S 59.0E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 31, 18:00	16.0S 58.9E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 1, 00:00	16.5S 58.8E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 1, 06:00	17.0S 58.7E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 1, 12:00	17.5S 58.6E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 1, 18:00	18.0S 58.5E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 2, 00:00	18.5S 58.4E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 2, 06:00	19.0S 58.3E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 2, 12:00	19.6S 58.2E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 2, 18:00	20.4S 58.1E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 3, 00:00	21.2S 58.1E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 3, 06:00	22.0S 58.1E	50 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 3, 12:00	23.3S 58.1E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 3, 18:00	24.5S 58.8E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 4, 00:00	26.1S 58.9E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 4, 06:00	27.9S 59.5E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 4, 12:00	30.1S 61.7E	35 kt	997 mb	Extratropical

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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.