Cyclone Bingiza (2011)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

February 6, 2011 to February 21, 2011

Peak strength

Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)

Lowest pressure

948 mb (27.99 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

11.4

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

130 nmi (241 km, 150 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

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

45 kt (52 mph)

Fastest the center moved

17 kt (20 mph)

Identifier

SH132011

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

• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm AnggrekSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Storm55 kt · 982 mb
• Cyclone AbeleSouth Indian · 2011Cat 180 kt · 963 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Depression30 kt · 991 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Depression30 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm VinceSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Storm45 kt · 989 mb
• Cyclone BiancaSouth Indian · 2011Cat 295 kt · 952 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb
• Cyclone CarlosSouth Indian · 2011Cat 165 kt · 974 mb
• Cyclone DianneSouth Indian · 2011Cat 180 kt · 963 mb
• Tropical Storm CheronoSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Storm45 kt · 989 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm ErrolSouth Indian · 2011Tropical Storm55 kt · 982 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 Bingiza