Cyclone Nilofar (2014)
Cyclone Nilofar reached Category 4 in the North Indian between October 23, 2014 and November 1, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb. It killed 4 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Nilofar, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- October 23, 2014 to November 1, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 365 km (227 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- IO042014
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
4 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 10.8N 62.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 11.1N 61.8E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 11.3N 61.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 11.6N 61.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 11.8N 61.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 12.0N 62.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 12.3N 62.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 12.9N 62.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 13.5N 62.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 13.9N 63.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 14.1N 63.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 14.2N 63.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 14.3N 63.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 14.5N 62.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 14.7N 62.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 14.8N 62.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 15.0N 62.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 15.1N 62.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 15.5N 61.7E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 16.0N 61.7E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 16.8N 61.8E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 17.7N 61.6E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 18.0N 61.6E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 18.5N 61.8E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 18.8N 62.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 19.1N 62.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 19.6N 63.5E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 19.9N 64.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 20.0N 64.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 20.4N 64.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 20.7N 65.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 21.0N 65.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 21.4N 65.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 21.7N 64.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 21.7N 64.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 1, 06:00 | 21.7N 63.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 1, 12:00 | 21.7N 63.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
Other North Indian storms of 2014
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm NanaukNorth Indian · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone HudhudNorth Indian · 2014 · 124 deaths
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 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.