Cyclone Kenanga (2019)

Cyclone Kenanga reached Category 4 in the South Indian between December 14, 2018 and December 24, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Kenanga, 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.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: December 14, 2018 to December 24, 2018
Peak strength: Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure: 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 938 km (583 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 16.5
Identifier: SH062019

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 14, 06:00	7.7S 92.9E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Dec 14, 12:00	7.9S 92.6E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Dec 14, 18:00	8.1S 92.2E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 15, 00:00	8.2S 91.7E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 15, 06:00	8.4S 91.4E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 15, 12:00	8.6S 91.3E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 15, 18:00	8.8S 91.1E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 00:00	9.1S 91.1E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 06:00	9.6S 90.9E	45 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 12:00	10.5S 90.0E	50 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 18:00	11.0S 89.0E	50 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 00:00	11.8S 88.1E	50 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 06:00	12.3S 87.3E	50 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 12:00	12.6S 86.4E	55 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 18:00	13.1S 85.5E	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 00:00	13.6S 84.7E	65 kt	986 mb	Typhoon
Dec 18, 06:00	14.2S 84.1E	75 kt	980 mb	Typhoon
Dec 18, 12:00	14.8S 83.7E	90 kt	960 mb	Typhoon
Dec 18, 18:00	15.3S 83.2E	100 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Dec 19, 00:00	15.8S 82.8E	115 kt	945 mb	Typhoon
Dec 19, 06:00	16.2S 82.5E	115 kt	946 mb	Typhoon
Dec 19, 12:00	16.4S 82.4E	115 kt	944 mb	Typhoon
Dec 19, 18:00	16.5S 82.2E	110 kt	946 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 00:00	16.6S 81.9E	110 kt	949 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 06:00	16.6S 81.7E	100 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 12:00	16.5S 81.3E	95 kt	964 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 18:00	16.4S 80.9E	90 kt	968 mb	Typhoon
Dec 21, 00:00	16.3S 80.4E	85 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Dec 21, 06:00	16.2S 79.9E	70 kt	981 mb	Typhoon
Dec 21, 12:00	16.2S 79.4E	60 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 18:00	16.4S 79.0E	50 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 00:00	16.6S 78.7E	45 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 06:00	16.9S 78.3E	40 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 12:00	17.2S 77.8E	40 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 18:00	17.5S 77.4E	35 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 00:00	17.9S 77.1E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 23, 06:00	18.4S 76.7E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 23, 12:00	18.8S 76.3E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 23, 18:00	19.2S 75.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 24, 00:00	19.5S 75.4E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 24, 06:00	20.0S 75.1E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 24, 12:00	20.4S 75.0E	20 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
Dec 24, 18:00	20.8S 74.9E	20 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance

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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.