Cyclone Rusty (2013)
Cyclone Rusty reached Category 3 in the South Indian between February 21, 2013 and March 1, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Rusty, 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 21, 2013 to March 1, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 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
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 115 kt (132 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- SH172013
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 21, 06:00 | 13.0S 125.9E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 13.4S 124.6E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 13.7S 123.3E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 14.0S 122.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 14.4S 121.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 14.8S 120.2E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 15.2S 119.4E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 15.1S 118.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 15.5S 118.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 15.8S 118.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 16.3S 118.0E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 16.7S 118.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 17.0S 118.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 17.4S 118.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 17.5S 118.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 17.8S 118.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 18.1S 119.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 18.4S 119.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 18.8S 119.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 19.0S 119.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 19.2S 119.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 19.3S 119.1E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 19.3S 119.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 19.4S 119.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 19.8S 119.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 20.2S 119.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 20.6S 120.2E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 21.3S 120.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 22.1S 120.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 23.0S 120.7E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 24.0S 121.0E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 26.0S 121.0E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
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
- Cyclone HarunaSouth Indian · 2013
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth 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.