Cyclone Colin (2014)

Cyclone Colin reached Category 4 in the South Indian between January 7, 2014 and January 16, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Colin, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2014 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: South Indian
Dates: January 7, 2014 to January 16, 2014
Peak strength: Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure: 933 mb (27.55 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 502 km (312 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 11.0
Identifier: SH082014

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jan 7, 06:00	11.0S 103.6E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Jan 7, 12:00	11.6S 102.1E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 7, 18:00	11.2S 100.4E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 8, 00:00	10.9S 98.7E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 8, 06:00	11.1S 96.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 8, 12:00	10.7S 94.9E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 8, 18:00	10.4S 93.4E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 9, 00:00	10.6S 91.8E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 9, 06:00	11.1S 89.7E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 9, 12:00	11.7S 87.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 9, 18:00	11.9S 85.9E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 10, 00:00	12.2S 84.7E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 10, 06:00	12.9S 83.7E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 10, 12:00	13.6S 82.7E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 10, 18:00	14.6S 82.0E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 11, 00:00	15.5S 81.1E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 11, 06:00	16.2S 80.3E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Jan 11, 12:00	16.6S 79.7E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 11, 18:00	17.1S 79.2E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 12, 00:00	17.7S 78.7E	120 kt	933 mb	Typhoon
Jan 12, 06:00	18.3S 78.2E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 12, 12:00	19.4S 77.5E	110 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Jan 12, 18:00	20.2S 76.5E	95 kt	952 mb	Typhoon
Jan 13, 00:00	21.3S 75.8E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Jan 13, 06:00	22.9S 74.8E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Jan 13, 12:00	24.0S 74.1E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 13, 18:00	24.9S 73.7E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 14, 00:00	25.8S 73.4E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 14, 06:00	26.7S 73.2E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 14, 12:00	27.6S 72.9E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 14, 18:00	28.6S 73.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 15, 00:00	29.5S 74.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 15, 06:00	30.5S 75.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 15, 12:00	31.9S 78.1E	30 kt	1000 mb	Extratropical
Jan 15, 18:00	33.5S 81.2E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 16, 00:00	35.2S 84.5E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Jan 16, 06:00	37.3S 88.2E	45 kt	989 mb	Extratropical
Jan 16, 12:00	37.7S 91.2E			Extratropical

Other South Indian storms of 2014

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.