Cyclone Haruna (2013)
Cyclone Haruna reached Category 3 in the South Indian between February 14, 2013 and February 28, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Haruna, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
- February 14, 2013 to February 28, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 95 nmi (176 km, 109 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
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 235 nmi (435 km, 270 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- SH162013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 20.1S 41.8E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 20.3S 41.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 20.7S 41.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 21.0S 40.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 20.8S 39.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 20.2S 39.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 19.8S 38.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 18.6S 38.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 17.2S 37.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 16.6S 38.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 16.5S 39.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 16.7S 39.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 17.4S 40.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 18.6S 41.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 19.0S 40.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 19.3S 40.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 19.5S 40.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 19.8S 41.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 20.2S 41.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 20.6S 41.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 21.2S 41.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 21.4S 41.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 21.5S 40.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 21.7S 40.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 22.1S 40.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 22.3S 41.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 22.5S 41.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 22.4S 41.5E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 22.2S 41.8E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 22.1S 42.4E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 22.2S 43.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 22.5S 43.6E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 23.1S 44.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 23.8S 45.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 24.3S 46.3E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 24.9S 47.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 25.3S 48.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 25.8S 49.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 26.1S 50.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 26.6S 52.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 26.9S 54.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 27.1S 55.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 27.0S 57.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 26.9S 58.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 27.2S 60.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 27.3S 61.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 27.3S 62.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 27.2S 62.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 27.1S 63.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 26.6S 62.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 26.1S 62.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 25.4S 61.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 24.9S 60.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 24.5S 59.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 24.3S 58.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 23.8S 57.2E | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 23.6S 55.2E | 27 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 24.1S 53.4E | 27 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2013
- Cyclone AnaisSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm BoldwinSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone ClaudiaSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm MitchellSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone DumileSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone NarelleSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm EmangSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm PetaSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone FellengSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone GinoSouth Indian · 2013
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone RustySouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone ImeldaSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone VictoriaSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm JamalaSouth Indian · 2013
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.