Tropical Storm Diamondra (2015)

Tropical Storm Diamondra peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between January 24, 2015 and February 1, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Diamondra, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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 24, 2015 to February 1, 2015
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure: 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1448 km (900 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 1.5
Identifier: SH082015

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 24, 06:00	11.2S 90.0E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 24, 12:00	12.3S 88.4E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 24, 18:00	13.3S 86.8E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 00:00	14.2S 85.2E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 06:00	14.9S 83.6E	22 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 12:00	15.3S 82.4E	22 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 18:00	15.7S 81.6E	23 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Jan 26, 00:00	16.0S 80.7E	25 kt	1002 mb	Disturbance
Jan 26, 06:00	16.4S 79.5E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 26, 12:00	16.8S 78.7E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 26, 18:00	17.1S 78.1E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 00:00	17.5S 77.8E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 06:00	17.9S 77.6E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 12:00	18.3S 77.6E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 18:00	18.4S 78.0E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 00:00	18.6S 78.5E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 06:00	19.0S 79.0E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 12:00	19.4S 79.4E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 18:00	19.8S 79.7E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 29, 00:00	20.2S 79.9E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 29, 06:00	20.8S 80.2E	40 kt	993 mb	Subtropical storm
Jan 29, 12:00	21.4S 80.4E	40 kt	993 mb	Subtropical storm
Jan 29, 18:00	21.9S 80.8E	35 kt	996 mb	Subtropical storm
Jan 30, 00:00	22.4S 81.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Subtropical storm
Jan 30, 06:00	23.3S 81.9E	38 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Jan 30, 12:00	24.2S 82.6E	40 kt	986 mb	Extratropical
Jan 30, 18:00	25.1S 83.3E	42 kt	985 mb	Extratropical
Jan 31, 00:00	25.9S 83.9E	40 kt	986 mb	Extratropical
Jan 31, 06:00	26.7S 84.6E	40 kt	986 mb	Extratropical
Jan 31, 12:00	27.3S 85.1E	38 kt	987 mb	Extratropical
Jan 31, 18:00	27.9S 85.7E	35 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Feb 1, 00:00	28.8S 86.5E	35 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Feb 1, 06:00	29.8S 87.6E	35 kt	988 mb	Extratropical

Other South Indian storms of 2015

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.