Cyclone Ita (2014)
Cyclone Ita reached Category 5 in the South Pacific between April 2, 2014 and April 18, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Ita, 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
- April 2, 2014 to April 18, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 23.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 155 nmi (287 km, 178 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Identifier
- SH232014
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 10.6S 158.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 10.4S 159.0E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 10.3S 158.7E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 10.3S 158.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 10.7S 158.8E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 10.8S 158.7E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 10.8S 158.5E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 10.8S 158.3E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 11.1S 157.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 11.4S 157.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 11.5S 156.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 11.6S 156.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 11.7S 156.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 11.8S 155.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 12.0S 155.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 12.2S 154.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 12.1S 154.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 12.1S 154.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 12.2S 153.9E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 12.3S 153.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 00:00 | 12.2S 153.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 06:00 | 11.9S 153.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 12:00 | 11.8S 153.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 18:00 | 11.7S 153.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 11.6S 152.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 11.5S 152.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 11.4S 152.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 11.4S 151.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 11.4S 151.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 11.3S 150.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 11.5S 149.4E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 11.7S 148.6E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 12.1S 147.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 12.5S 147.1E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 12.8S 146.5E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 13.2S 146.1E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 13.8S 145.7E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 14.4S 145.4E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 14.9S 145.2E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 15.5S 145.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 16.2S 145.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 16.7S 145.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 17.3S 145.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 18.0S 146.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 19.0S 147.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 20.0S 148.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 12:00 | 20.9S 150.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 18:00 | 21.7S 151.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 00:00 | 22.5S 153.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 23.5S 155.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 24.5S 156.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 25.2S 157.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 25.8S 158.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 26.3S 159.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 26.4S 160.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 27.3S 162.6E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 28.0S 164.0E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 31.0S 167.0E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 35.0S 169.0E | 40 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 36.5S 169.5E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 37.3S 169.1E | 65 kt | 971 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 17, 06:00 | 38.0S 169.6E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 17, 12:00 | 39.1S 169.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 17, 18:00 | 39.8S 168.2E | 40 kt | 979 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 18, 00:00 | 40.5S 166.5E | 40 kt | 982 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 18, 06:00 | 41.4S 165.7E | 40 kt | 982 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 18, 12:00 | 42.3S 165.4E | 40 kt | 984 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 18, 18:00 | 43.4S 165.4E | 40 kt | 986 mb | Not reported |
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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.