Cyclone Monica (2006)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

April 16, 2006 to April 27, 2006

Peak strength

Category 5, 155 kt (178 mph)

Lowest pressure

879 mb (25.96 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

31.4

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)

Overall size

220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

23 kt (26 mph)

Identifier

SH232006

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

• Tropical Storm TamSouth Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm40 kt · 994 mb
• Tropical Storm UrmilSouth Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm60 kt · 980 mb
• Cyclone JimSouth Pacific · 2006Cat 180 kt · 963 mb
• Cyclone VaianuSouth Pacific · 2006Cat 175 kt · 967 mb
• Tropical Storm KateSouth Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm45 kt · 989 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm35 kt · 1001 mb
• Cyclone LarrySouth Pacific · 2006Cat 4115 kt · 937 mb
• Cyclone WatiSouth Pacific · 2006Cat 180 kt · 963 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: Cyclone Monica