Cyclone Hola (2018)
Cyclone Hola reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between March 5, 2018 and March 13, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Hola, 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 Pacific
- Dates
- March 5, 2018 to March 13, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.9
- Identifier
- SH122018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 16.0S 171.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 15.8S 171.6E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 15.6S 171.2E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 15.4S 170.6E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 15.4S 170.0E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 15.9S 169.2E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 16.0S 168.3E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 15.8S 167.5E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 16.1S 167.1E | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 16.6S 166.6E | 70 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 16.9S 166.2E | 90 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 17.1S 165.7E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 17.4S 165.4E | 100 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 17.7S 165.2E | 100 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 17.8S 165.2E | 90 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 18.0S 165.4E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 18.6S 166.1E | 75 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 19.5S 167.0E | 85 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 20.4S 168.0E | 90 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 21.3S 169.1E | 85 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 23.1S 170.9E | 70 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 25.4S 172.4E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 27.3S 173.0E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 28.7S 173.3E | 45 kt | 987 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 29.3S 173.3E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 29.5S 173.6E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 30.0S 174.3E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 31.4S 176.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 33.5S 177.1E | 987 mb | Not reported | |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 36.0S 179.0E | 990 mb | Not reported | |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 37.4S 181.8E | 995 mb | Not reported | |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 39.4S 184.5E | 995 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 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.