Cyclone Nargis (2008)
Cyclone Nargis reached Category 4 in the North Indian between April 25, 2008 and May 4, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb, and made landfall. It killed 138,373 people, as Wikidata records it.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Cyclone Nargis. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- April 25, 2008 to May 4, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- IO012008
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
138,373 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 12:00 | 10.5N 90.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 25, 18:00 | 10.8N 89.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 26, 00:00 | 10.7N 88.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 26, 06:00 | 11.2N 88.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 26, 12:00 | 11.5N 87.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 11.5N 87.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 27, 00:00 | 11.6N 86.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 27, 06:00 | 11.7N 86.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 27, 12:00 | 12.2N 85.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 18:00 | 12.5N 85.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 00:00 | 12.8N 85.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 06:00 | 13.1N 85.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 28, 12:00 | 12.9N 85.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 28, 18:00 | 13.2N 85.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 13.3N 85.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 13.1N 85.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 12:00 | 13.5N 86.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 14.0N 86.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 00:00 | 14.4N 86.7E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 06:00 | 14.7N 87.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 12:00 | 15.0N 87.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 18:00 | 15.3N 88.2E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 1, 00:00 | 15.6N 89.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 1, 06:00 | 15.9N 89.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 1, 12:00 | 15.9N 90.7E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| May 1, 18:00 | 15.8N 91.7E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| May 2, 00:00 | 15.8N 92.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| May 2, 06:00 | 15.9N 93.6E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| May 2, 12:00 | 16.0N 94.7E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| May 2, 18:00 | 16.4N 95.6E | 85 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 3, 00:00 | 16.8N 96.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 3, 06:00 | 17.4N 97.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 3, 12:00 | 18.3N 97.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 3, 18:00 | 19.4N 97.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 4, 00:00 | 20.8N 98.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Indian storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm RashmiNorth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm Khai-MukNorth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm NishaNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth 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.