Cyclone Daman (2008)
Cyclone Daman reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between December 3, 2007 and December 10, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 941 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Daman, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- December 3, 2007 to December 10, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 941 mb (27.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 64 km (40 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 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
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 205 nmi (380 km, 236 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- SH052008
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 3, 00:00 | 12.0S 185.5E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 12.1S 185.0E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 12.5S 176.0W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 12.5S 176.7W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 12.4S 177.4W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 12.2S 178.3W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 12.0S 179.4W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 11.9S 179.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 12.1S 178.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 12.4S 177.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 13.0S 176.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 14.0S 176.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 14.8S 175.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 15.3S 176.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 15.4S 176.4E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 15.5S 176.9E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 15.5S 177.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 15.5S 178.6E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 15.6S 179.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 15.9S 179.1W | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 16.3S 178.5W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 16.9S 178.3W | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 17.3S 177.9W | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 17.7S 177.9W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 18.1S 178.0W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 18.5S 178.0W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 18.8S 178.0W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 19.1S 178.2W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 19.6S 178.5W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2008
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.