The 2012 season

Cyclone Iggy (2012)

Cyclone Iggy reached Category 1 in the South Indian between January 23, 2012 and February 3, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Cyclone Iggy. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
January 23, 2012 to February 3, 2012
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.2
Identifier
SH092012

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 23, 12:0015.0S 116.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 18:0015.1S 114.5E25 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0016.5S 112.9E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Jan 24, 06:0016.7S 111.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 24, 12:0016.3S 110.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 24, 18:0016.1S 109.7E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 00:0015.9S 109.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 06:0015.9S 108.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0015.8S 108.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0015.7S 108.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0016.0S 108.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 06:0016.5S 108.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0016.9S 109.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0017.3S 109.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0017.9S 110.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0018.5S 110.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0019.1S 110.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0019.4S 110.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0019.7S 110.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0020.0S 110.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0020.2S 110.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0020.5S 110.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0020.3S 111.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0020.0S 111.1E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0019.8S 111.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0019.8S 110.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 00:0019.9S 110.6E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 06:0020.2S 110.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 12:0020.6S 110.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 18:0021.2S 109.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 00:0021.9S 109.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 06:0022.8S 108.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 12:0023.9S 108.3E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jan 31, 18:0025.0S 107.8E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 1, 00:0026.1S 107.8E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 1, 06:0027.3S 107.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 1, 12:0028.5S 108.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 1, 18:0029.2S 109.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 2, 00:0029.8S 110.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 2, 06:0030.0S 112.0E40 kt993 mbExtratropical
Feb 2, 12:0029.9S 113.3E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 2, 18:0029.8S 114.4E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Feb 3, 00:0029.9S 115.4E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical

Other South Indian storms of 2012

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.