Cyclone Berguitta (2018)
Cyclone Berguitta reached Category 3 in the South Indian between January 10, 2018 and January 24, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall. It did $107 million of damage.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Berguitta, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2018 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
- January 10, 2018 to January 24, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 13.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 51 nmi (94 km, 59 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
- Overall size
- 280 nmi (519 km, 322 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- SH062018
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
no death figure$107 million
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 9.8S 69.3E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 10.7S 69.3E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 11.5S 69.4E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 12.2S 69.5E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 12.9S 69.4E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 13.4S 69.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 13.8S 68.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 14.5S 68.8E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 15.0S 68.9E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 15.9S 68.5E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 16.8S 67.8E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 17.4S 66.8E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 17.6S 65.7E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 17.7S 65.2E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 18.1S 64.4E | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 18.3S 63.6E | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 18.3S 63.3E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 18.1S 63.2E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 18.0S 63.2E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 17.9S 63.2E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 17.7S 63.2E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 17.7S 63.1E | 85 kt | 966 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 17.9S 63.0E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 18.1S 62.5E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 18.1S 61.9E | 100 kt | 953 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 18.0S 61.5E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 18.0S 61.1E | 75 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 18.0S 60.9E | 75 kt | 973 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 18.0S 60.6E | 70 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 18.1S 60.3E | 65 kt | 981 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 18.6S 59.9E | 65 kt | 981 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 19.1S 59.4E | 60 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 20.0S 58.5E | 60 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 20.6S 57.6E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 21.5S 56.6E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 22.1S 55.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 22.8S 54.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 24.0S 52.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 25.0S 51.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 26.1S 50.9E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 27.3S 50.2E | 55 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 29.3S 49.6E | 50 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 31.0S 49.2E | 50 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 32.1S 49.3E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 32.8S 49.9E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 33.4S 50.8E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 33.9S 52.7E | 45 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 34.2S 54.3E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 34.9S 55.8E | 43 kt | 981 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 35.8S 57.7E | 40 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 36.8S 59.5E | 45 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 22, 18:00 | 37.2S 60.2E | 48 kt | 976 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 23, 00:00 | 37.3S 60.5E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 23, 06:00 | 37.9S 62.3E | 42 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 39.1S 63.3E | 40 kt | 984 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 39.4S 63.4E | 37 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 39.4S 64.1E | 35 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 39.6S 65.0E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Indian storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm CempakaSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm DahliaSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm HildaSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone AvaSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone IrvingSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm JoyceSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone CebileSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone KelvinSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone DumazileSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone EliakimSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone MarcusSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone FakirSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone FlamboyanSouth Indian · 2018
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.