The 2011 season

Cyclone Dianne (2011)

Cyclone Dianne reached Category 1 in the South Indian between February 14, 2011 and February 23, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Dianne, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
February 14, 2011 to February 23, 2011
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 281 km (175 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.7
Identifier
SH162011

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 14, 06:0016.6S 118.6E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0017.8S 117.5E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 18:0018.4S 115.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 00:0018.8S 113.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 15, 06:0019.1S 112.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 15, 12:0019.2S 112.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 15, 18:0019.1S 111.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 16, 00:0019.1S 111.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 06:0019.1S 111.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 12:0019.1S 111.1E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 18:0019.0S 110.9E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0018.8S 110.8E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0018.8S 110.6E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 12:0019.0S 110.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 18:0019.3S 110.5E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 00:0019.9S 110.0E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 06:0020.5S 109.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 18, 12:0020.8S 108.8E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 18, 18:0021.1S 108.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 19, 00:0021.6S 108.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 19, 06:0022.2S 107.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 19, 12:0022.7S 107.7E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 19, 18:0023.2S 107.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 20, 00:0023.7S 107.3E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 20, 06:0024.3S 106.6E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 20, 12:0024.6S 106.0E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 20, 18:0025.0S 105.0E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 21, 00:0025.4S 104.0E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 21, 06:0025.7S 103.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 12:0026.4S 102.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 18:0027.2S 102.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 00:0028.2S 102.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 06:0029.6S 102.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 12:0030.8S 102.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 22, 18:0030.9S 102.5E20 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 00:0031.1S 102.5E20 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0031.6S 102.6E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 2011

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.