Cyclone Hikaa:Hikka (2019)
Cyclone Hikaa:Hikka reached Category 2 in the North Indian between September 20, 2019 and September 26, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 969 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Hikaa:Hikka, 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
- September 20, 2019 to September 26, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 969 mb (28.61 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- IO032019
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 19.3N 71.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 19.1N 70.9E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 19.1N 70.6E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 19.2N 70.3E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 19.3N 69.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 19.6N 69.5E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 20.0N 68.8E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 20.4N 68.0E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 20.4N 67.0E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 20.2N 65.9E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 20.2N 64.7E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 20.2N 63.5E | 70 kt | 984 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 20.2N 62.3E | 80 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 20.1N 60.9E | 90 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 20.0N 59.6E | 90 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 19.8N 58.3E | 75 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 19.7N 57.0E | 60 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 19.6N 56.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 19.2N 55.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 19.2N 54.0E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 19.0N 52.8E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 18.9N 51.7E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 18.8N 50.5E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
Other North Indian storms of 2019
- Cyclone FaniNorth Indian · 2019 · 89 deaths · $8.5 million
- Cyclone VayuNorth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth 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.