Tropical Storm Hilda (2018)
Tropical Storm Hilda peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between December 26, 2017 and December 31, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hilda, 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
- December 26, 2017 to December 31, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH022018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 14.6S 124.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 15.2S 123.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 15.9S 123.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 16.4S 122.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 16.9S 122.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 17.5S 122.5E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 18.1S 122.0E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 18.9S 121.8E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 19.5S 121.6E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 19.7S 121.6E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 20.0S 121.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 20.6S 122.3E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 21.1S 122.6E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 21.6S 123.0E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 22.0S 123.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 22.5S 123.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 22.8S 123.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 23.3S 123.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 23.8S 123.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 24.4S 124.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 25.0S 124.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 25.6S 125.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm CempakaSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm DahliaSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone AvaSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone IrvingSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm JoyceSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone BerguittaSouth Indian · 2018 · $107 million
- 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.