Cyclone Irondro (2020)
Cyclone Irondro reached Category 3 in the South Indian between April 1, 2020 and April 7, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Irondro, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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
- April 1, 2020 to April 7, 2020
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1511 km (939 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.3
- Identifier
- SH242020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 12.3S 69.4E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 12.1S 69.6E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 12.1S 69.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 12.4S 69.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 12.7S 69.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 13.2S 69.7E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 13.9S 70.8E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 15.1S 71.6E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 16.3S 72.4E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 17.5S 73.2E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 18.6S 74.2E | 65 kt | 981 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 19.6S 75.5E | 80 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 20.7S 76.7E | 95 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 21.6S 78.1E | 105 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 22.5S 79.5E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 23.1S 81.1E | 100 kt | 953 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 23.9S 83.1E | 90 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 24.3S 84.4E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 24.7S 86.2E | 65 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 25.6S 87.5E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 26.1S 88.5E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 26.5S 90.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 26.9S 92.2E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 28.0S 93.9E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 7, 00:00 | 29.4S 96.3E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Indian storms of 2020
- Cyclone BelnaSouth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone AmbaliSouth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone CalviniaSouth Indian · 2020
- Tropical Storm BlakeSouth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone ClaudiaSouth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2020
- Tropical Storm DianeSouth Indian · 2020
- Tropical Storm EsamiSouth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone DamienSouth Indian · 2020
- Tropical Storm FranciscoSouth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone GabekileSouth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone FerdinandSouth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone HeroldSouth Indian · 2020
- Tropical Storm JerutoSouth Indian · 2020
- Tropical Storm ManggaSouth Indian · 2020
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.