Cyclone Ian (2014)
Cyclone Ian reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between January 4, 2014 and January 15, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Ian, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 4, 2014 to January 15, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 330 km (205 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 17 nmi (31 km, 20 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- SH072014
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 4, 00:00 | 16.6S 176.8W | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 17.4S 176.9W | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 17.7S 176.1W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 17.8S 175.9W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 18.1S 176.0W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 18.5S 176.0W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 18.7S 175.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 18.9S 175.7W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 18.9S 175.5W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 19.2S 175.7W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 19.0S 175.8W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 18.7S 175.9W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 18.3S 176.0W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 17.7S 176.0W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 17.4S 176.3W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 17.2S 176.6W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 17.1S 176.8W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 16.9S 176.9W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 16.7S 177.0W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 16.6S 176.8W | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 16.7S 176.6W | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 16.8S 176.4W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 16.9S 176.2W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 17.1S 175.8W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 17.5S 175.4W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 17.9S 175.1W | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 18.3S 174.9W | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 18.8S 174.7W | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 19.5S 174.4W | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 20.5S 173.8W | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 21.6S 173.6W | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 22.4S 173.2W | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 23.5S 172.8W | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 24.6S 172.2W | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 25.8S 171.8W | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 26.8S 171.4W | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 27.9S 171.3W | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 28.7S 170.6W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 29.6S 169.9W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 30.5S 169.0W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 31.4S 168.1W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 32.3S 166.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 32.6S 164.5W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 33.1S 162.3W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 33.7S 159.6W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
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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.