Cyclone Madi (2013)

Cyclone Madi reached Category 2 in the North Indian between December 5, 2013 and December 12, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Madi, 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.

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The storm

Basin: North Indian
Dates: December 5, 2013 to December 12, 2013
Peak strength: Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure: 959 mb (28.32 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 7.9
Identifier: IO062013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Dec 5, 00:00	9.0N 84.3E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Dec 5, 06:00	9.1N 84.1E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Dec 5, 12:00	9.2N 83.9E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 5, 18:00	9.4N 83.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 6, 00:00	9.6N 83.7E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 6, 06:00	9.7N 83.7E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 6, 12:00	9.8N 83.8E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 6, 18:00	10.0N 83.9E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 7, 00:00	10.2N 84.1E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 7, 06:00	10.4N 84.3E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 7, 12:00	10.8N 84.4E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 7, 18:00	11.3N 84.5E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 8, 00:00	11.9N 84.5E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 8, 06:00	12.4N 84.7E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 8, 12:00	12.9N 84.7E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 8, 18:00	13.4N 84.6E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 9, 00:00	13.9N 84.6E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 9, 06:00	14.3N 84.7E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 9, 12:00	14.6N 84.9E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 9, 18:00	14.8N 85.0E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 10, 00:00	15.0N 85.1E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Dec 10, 06:00	15.4N 85.3E	85 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Dec 10, 12:00	15.2N 84.9E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Dec 10, 18:00	14.9N 84.4E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 11, 00:00	14.5N 84.0E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 06:00	13.9N 83.7E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 12:00	13.4N 83.2E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 18:00	12.8N 82.7E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 12, 00:00	12.1N 81.9E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 12, 06:00	11.3N 81.2E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 12, 12:00	10.3N 80.6E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 12, 18:00	10.1N 78.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression

Other North Indian storms of 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.