Tropical Storm Durga (2008)
Tropical Storm Durga peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between April 20, 2008 and April 26, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Durga, 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 Indian
- Dates
- April 20, 2008 to April 26, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 798 km (496 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Identifier
- SH292008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 00:00 | 5.7S 82.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 20, 06:00 | 5.7S 82.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 20, 12:00 | 6.4S 83.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 20, 18:00 | 6.5S 83.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 21, 00:00 | 7.4S 85.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 21, 06:00 | 8.0S 85.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 21, 12:00 | 8.4S 86.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 21, 18:00 | 8.3S 87.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 22, 00:00 | 8.3S 89.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 22, 06:00 | 8.2S 90.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 22, 12:00 | 8.2S 92.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 22, 18:00 | 8.5S 94.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 23, 00:00 | 8.9S 95.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 23, 06:00 | 9.2S 96.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 23, 12:00 | 9.5S 96.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 23, 18:00 | 9.8S 97.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 24, 00:00 | 10.2S 98.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 24, 06:00 | 10.7S 99.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 24, 12:00 | 11.3S 99.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 24, 18:00 | 11.9S 99.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 25, 00:00 | 12.7S 100.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 25, 06:00 | 13.7S 100.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 25, 12:00 | 14.7S 100.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 25, 18:00 | 15.6S 99.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 26, 00:00 | 16.4S 99.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 26, 06:00 | 17.1S 99.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm Ariel:LeeSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone BongweSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm CelinaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm DamaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm MelanieSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm ElnusSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm HelenSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone FameSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone GulaSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone HondoSouth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone IvanSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone NicholasSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone OpheliaSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone JokweSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone KambaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm LolaSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone PanchoSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm RosieSouth Indian · 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.