Cyclone Fani (2019)
Cyclone Fani reached Category 5 in the North Indian between April 25, 2019 and May 4, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 900 mb, and made landfall. It killed 89 people and did $8.5 million of damage, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Fani, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- April 25, 2019 to May 4, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 900 mb (26.58 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- IO012019
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
89 deaths$8.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 18:00 | 1.9N 90.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 26, 00:00 | 2.2N 90.0E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 26, 06:00 | 2.5N 89.7E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 26, 12:00 | 3.2N 89.9E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 3.9N 90.1E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 27, 00:00 | 4.6N 90.0E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 06:00 | 5.1N 90.2E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 12:00 | 6.1N 89.9E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 18:00 | 6.6N 88.7E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 00:00 | 6.9N 88.3E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 06:00 | 7.3N 88.3E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 12:00 | 7.7N 88.2E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 18:00 | 8.0N 88.0E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 8.6N 87.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 9.4N 87.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 12:00 | 10.3N 87.4E | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 11.0N 86.9E | 70 kt | 981 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 00:00 | 11.9N 86.5E | 85 kt | 971 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 06:00 | 12.8N 85.8E | 90 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 12:00 | 13.2N 84.9E | 95 kt | 964 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 18:00 | 13.5N 84.4E | 105 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| May 1, 00:00 | 13.9N 84.1E | 105 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| May 1, 06:00 | 14.2N 84.1E | 105 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| May 1, 12:00 | 14.8N 84.2E | 105 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| May 1, 18:00 | 15.2N 84.3E | 105 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| May 2, 00:00 | 15.8N 84.6E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| May 2, 06:00 | 16.8N 84.8E | 120 kt | 934 mb | Typhoon |
| May 2, 12:00 | 17.6N 84.8E | 150 kt | 900 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 2, 18:00 | 18.3N 85.0E | 145 kt | 905 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 3, 00:00 | 19.1N 85.5E | 135 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 3, 06:00 | 20.2N 85.9E | 115 kt | 942 mb | Typhoon |
| May 3, 12:00 | 21.3N 86.5E | 75 kt | 971 mb | Typhoon |
| May 3, 18:00 | 22.2N 87.7E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 4, 00:00 | 23.4N 88.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 4, 06:00 | 24.6N 90.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 4, 12:00 | 25.2N 90.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2019
- Cyclone VayuNorth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone Hikaa:HikkaNorth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone Kyaar:KyarrNorth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone MahaNorth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm PawanNorth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2019
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.