Cyclone Ikola (2015)
Cyclone Ikola reached Category 4 in the South Indian between April 4, 2015 and April 8, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Ikola, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- April 4, 2015 to April 8, 2015
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1538 km (956 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.8
- Identifier
- SH212015
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 4, 06:00 | 10.5S 86.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 10.7S 86.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 11.0S 86.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 11.3S 86.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 11.8S 87.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 12.3S 87.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 12.8S 88.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 13.5S 88.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 14.2S 89.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 15.0S 90.2E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 15.9S 91.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 7, 00:00 | 16.9S 92.2E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 7, 06:00 | 18.1S 93.5E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 7, 12:00 | 19.1S 94.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 7, 18:00 | 20.3S 96.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 21.1S 97.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 22.0S 99.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Indian storms of 2015
- Cyclone AdjaliSouth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm BakungSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone KateSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone BansiSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm ChedzaSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm DiamondraSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone EuniceSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm FundiSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm GlendaSouth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm HalibaSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone OlwynSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone JoalaneSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone QuangSouth Indian · 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.