Cyclone Sandra (2013)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

March 5, 2013 to March 17, 2013

Peak strength

Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)

Lowest pressure

941 mb (27.79 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 181 km (112 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

14.2

Identifier

SH192013

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

• Cyclone EvanSouth Pacific · 2013Cat 4125 kt · 929 mb
• Cyclone FredaSouth Pacific · 2013Cat 3110 kt · 941 mb
• Cyclone GarrySouth Pacific · 2013Cat 285 kt · 959 mb
• Tropical Storm OswaldSouth Pacific · 2013Tropical Storm45 kt · 989 mb
• Tropical Storm HaleySouth Pacific · 2013Tropical Storm45 kt · 989 mb
• Tropical Storm TimSouth Pacific · 2013Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Cyclone ZaneSouth Pacific · 2013Cat 165 kt · 974 mb

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.

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.